Help In case someone has borderline, which country allows recipes of Euthanasia?

[shinitai_sh0jo]

Like genuine question. I do not know if I actually have borderline, but I heard somethings about this topic before, and wanted to know if it's true/if it is, where the thing is actually legal etc.

 

[random_user]

Currently as far as I know only the Netherlands and Belgium allow euthanasia for "psychiatric illnesses" and Canada is going to allow it soon. However to receive this you will need to try every possible "treatment" first and only if no treatment is successful you will be able to get euthanasia. It's usually a multiple-year process.

 

[Tears in Rain]

Currently as far as I know only the Netherlands and Belgium allow euthanasia for "psychiatric illnesses" and Canada is going to allow it soon. However to receive this you will need to try every possible "treatment" first and only if no treatment is successful you will be able to get euthanasia. It's usually a multiple-year process.

Belgium don't really consider psychiatric illnesses from people not resident there. Not sure about The Netherlands.

Switzerland is probably your only hope.

 

[random_user]

Belgium don't really consider psychiatric illnesses from people not resident there. Not sure about The Netherlands.

Switzerland is probably your only hope.

Well in theory it should be at least easy to get residency and then also access health services in Belgium and NL as an EU citizen. I think NL is a bit more liberal in their euthanasia law compared to Belgium.

Switzerland isn't that liberal towards euthanasia for psychological illnesses I believe. There's still a long way to go for our societies sadly.

 

[loreal]

Do you have 50K?

 

[mortuarymary]

Holland

 

[Tommen Baratheon]

Currently as far as I know only the Netherlands and Belgium allow euthanasia for "psychiatric illnesses" and Canada is going to allow it soon. However to receive this you will need to try every possible "treatment" first and only if no treatment is successful you will be able to get euthanasia. It's usually a multiple-year process.

Psychiatric illness isn't the term that is used in Belgium. It's called 'ondraaglijk psychisch lijden' or 'unbearable psychological/mental suffering'.

AFAIK you don't have to be Belgian, but there are rules. Belgium doesn't want to attract foreigners that want to die here. I'm guessing if you have a terminal physical illness it'll be easier. There was a court case about a woman (Tine Nys) that chose to die because of unbearable mental suffering. In the end the doctor(?) weren't convicted, but it shows it's a sensitive subject.

 

[random_user]

Psychiatric illness isn't the term that is used in Belgium. It's called 'ondraaglijk psychisch lijden' or 'unbearable psychological/mental suffering'.

AFAIK you don't have to be Belgian, but there are rules. Belgium doesn't want to attract foreigners that want to die here. I'm guessing if you have a terminal physical illness it'll be easier. There was a court case about a woman (Tine Nys) that chose to die because of unbearable mental suffering. In the end the doctor(?) weren't convicted, but it shows it's a sensitive subject.

Thank you for the clarification on that. Wasn't there also some case where a juvenile girl was granted euthanasia?

 

[BorderlineChellery]

I have BPD, I've been looking into VAS, I couldn't find much online about it but from what I've seen it would cost at least £10,000 unfortunately

 

[Tommen Baratheon]

Thank you for the clarification on that. Wasn't there also some case where a juvenile girl was granted euthanasia?

Not AFAIK. I know only of the case of Tine Nys. BBC made an article about it:

bbc.com/news/world-europe-51103687

Euthanasia for minors is possible in Belgium since February 2014, but I'm guessing it doesn't happen very often. At least in 2022 there were no minors involved.