MAID mental illnesses

[ThePollinator]

I live in Canada, and MAiD (medical assistance in dying) will be available to people whose sole condition is mental in March 2027. What mental illness do you think will be considered for MAiD? I don't have the energy to kill myself anymore, so my hope is to just wait until MAiD may be a possibility.

 

[mistercarrot1]

Yeah there's no list right now. If I had to guess I think it will be pretty stringent like having schizophrenia, psychosis etc.. Unfortunately I "only" have treatment - resistant depression so I don't think I would qualify. Hope springs eternal though!

 

[MyLifeisHell]

I don't see why depression, the literal misery disease par excellence, wouldn't be deemed eligible if the extension actually materializes. Though if you hope to go via MAID you'll have to wait a lot longer than another year even if the extension happens since the application process is long, barring imminently terminal disease.

 

[TAW122]

I live in the US, but I support MAID for mental illnesses, however, I'm thinking that it's likely it'll probably just be continuously and indefinitely postponed until one day it just fails to expand. It really sucks and I think that is the likelihood of things and dependent on how the political landscape of Canada is (whether it becomes more conservative or what not). I do hope that Canada allows MAID for those with incurable, debilitating, and continuous mental anguish and mental illnesses.

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

How humane and compassionate policies like Belgium's and the Netherlands' are. It would be so beautiful to have that here in the US. But for now it's just a dream.