MAIDness of Assisted Suicide and Lonely Happiness

Depression is not a mood disorder. It is a cognitive distortion. It impairs reality testing via catastrophising. Cognitive distortions could be positive adaptation (e.g., infant’s grandiosity).

Two wrong pieces of advice:

1. If you feel hopeless – suicide is an option. It never is a legitimate course of action when it comes to mental health.

2. Socializing is the key to happiness. Maybe, but not always and not for everyone.

LITERATURE

WATCH Euthanasia and the Right to Die (Global Conference on Nursing and Healthcare) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcXVxkF_YOI

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 31, 129-139 (2000)
What Would You Say to the Person on the Roof?
A Suicide Prevention Text
Haim Omer, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Tel-Aviv University, 69978 Tel-Aviv, Israel
Avshalom C. Elitzur, Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Department for Hermeneutics and Culture, Bar-Ilan University, 52900 Ramat-Gan, Israel

As Psychiatrists, Do We Offer Hope or Do We Offer Death?
Dinah Miller, MD

Lessons From the Longest Study on Happiness
Mauricio Wajngarten, MD

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