{"id":4998,"date":"2020-05-08T14:47:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T18:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=4998"},"modified":"2020-09-21T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T19:15:00","slug":"8-these-suicide-requests-do-not-arise-from-mental-illness-these-are-fully-informed-competent-people-who-are-not-under-anyones-control-or-influence-they-are-making-a-rational-choice-to-avo","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/faq\/8-these-suicide-requests-do-not-arise-from-mental-illness-these-are-fully-informed-competent-people-who-are-not-under-anyones-control-or-influence-they-are-making-a-rational-choice-to-avo\/","title":{"rendered":"8. These suicide requests do not arise from mental illness. These are fully informed, competent people who are not under anyone\u2019s control or influence. They are making a rational choice to avoid tortuous pain and suffering. Shouldn\u2019t we treat them differently from those with \u201cmental illness?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The concept of \u201crational suicide\u201d has been promoted by a very small but vocal group of researchers, but has not been accepted by any of the major mental health associations.\u00a0 Of 27 scholarly articles found on the topic of \u201crational suicide and the American Psychological Association,\u201d 12 were written by either James Werth or James Rogers in support of \u201crational suicide.\u201d\u00a0 Surveys that show support for \u201cRational Suicide\u201d may, in fact, reveal more about disability bias among mental health professionals.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Source: Gill, C. J. (2000). Health professionals, disability, and assisted suicide: An examination of relevant empirical evidence and reply to Batavia (2000). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 6<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2), 526-545. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/doi\/10.1037\/1076-8971.6.2.526\"><b>http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1037\/1076-8971.6.2.526<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM V) released by the American Psychiatric Association in 2012, assessments for suicidality factor in whether a person has a disabling condition as a potential cause.\u00a0 In other words, the presence of a disability is a reason to offer suicide prevention services. (Source:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oquendo, M. A., &amp; Baca-Garcia, E. (2014). Suicidal behavior disorder as a diagnostic entity in the DSM-5 classification system: advantages outweigh limitations. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Psychiatry,<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2), 128-130. doi:10.1002\/wps.20116)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A variety of social factors can cause suicidal feelings: isolation, bullying, violence, devaluation by society, institutionalization, identity issues, culture and language deprivation, substance abuse, and more.\u00a0 These are all associated with the discrimination of people with disabilities, as well as other groups such as First Nations people, LGBT people, and veterans.\u00a0 In addition, people with disabilities and elders are subject to high rates of abuse and domestic violence, another factor that contributes to suicide.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, studies done of requests for assisted suicide found that the reasons given by people requesting assisted suicide are the same as those given by other suicidal people.\u00a0 As well, people asking for assisted suicide are likely to be influenced by the same suicide prevention measures which are effective for non-disabled suicidal people.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n   ","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","faq_groups":[],"class_list":["post-4998","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs\/4998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_groups?post=4998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}