Patients requesting and receiving euthanasia for psychiatric disorders in the Netherlands

The majority of the patients requesting EAS were single females, living independently with a comorbid diagnosis of depression with a history of undergoing psychiatric treatment for more than 10 years. From the small number of patients who went on to receive EAS in our sample, the majority were also single women, with a diagnosis of depressive disorder. A small subgroup of patients whose diagnoses included somatic disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders and neurocognitive disorders were over-represented in the group of patients receiving EAS compared with the applicant group.

• Patients requesting and receiving euthanasia for psychiatric disorders in the Netherlands | BMJ Mental Health - Monique Kammeraat, Geeske van Rooijen, Lisette Kuijper, Julian D Kiverstein, Damiaan A J P Denys