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Mental health literacy among primary healthcare workers in South Africa and Zambia

Brain and Behavior, Volume 12, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
Graphical Abstract Abstract Background In developing countries, mental health literacy (MHL) still needs to be improved due to the high prevalence of mental disorders. It is widely recognized that MHL can improve health outcomes for both individuals and populations.
Joonas Korhonen, Anna Axelin, Dan J. Stein, Soraya Seedat, Lonia Mwape, Ronelle Jansen, Gunter Groen, Gerhard Grobler, Astrid Jörns‐Presentati, Jouko Katajisto, Mari Lahti, MEGA Consortium/Research Team   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A qualitative study on continuous deep sedation until death as an alternative to assisted suicide in Switzerland

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background According to the European Association for Palliative Care, decisions regarding palliative sedation should not be made in response to requests for assisted dying, such as euthanasia or assisted suicide.
Martyna Tomczyk, Nathalie Dieudonné-Rahm, Ralf J. Jox   +2 more
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Gambling and crime: An exploration of gambling availability and culture in an English prison

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, Volume 32, Issue 6, Page 389-403, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Background There is evidence that prisoners have the highest rate of problem gambling in any population, but little is known about the nature of in‐prison gambling, the motives for it or how it relates to prior gambling behaviour. Aims To investigate the prevalence and type of gambling prior to prison and the prevalence, type, and reasons for ...
Lauren Rebecca Smith, Steve Sharman, Amanda Roberts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attitudes towards assisted suicide and euthanasia among care-dependent older adults (50+) in Austria: the role of socio-demographics, religiosity, physical illness, psychological distress, and social isolation

BMC Medical Ethics, 2017
Background Care-dependency constitutes an important issue with regard to the approval of end-of-life decisions, yet attitudes towards assisted suicide and euthanasia are understudied among care-dependent older adults.
Erwin Stolz, Hannes Mayerl, Peter Gasser-Steiner, Wolfgang Freidl   +3 more
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Rational suicide: The paradigm of survival

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction Suicide is an intriguing act of the human being. The reasons behind the violation of an instinct for survival is far from being understood.
S. Torres
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Physician-assisted suicide: a review of the literature concerning practical and clinical implications for UK doctors

BMC Family Practice, 2006
Background A bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the UK recently made significant progress in the British House of Lords and will be reintroduced in the future.
Hicks Madelyn
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‘You are trying to teach us to think more slowly!’: Adapting Metacognitive Training for the acute care setting—A case report

Clinical Psychology &Psychotherapy, Volume 29, Issue 6, Page 1877-1885, November/December 2022., 2022
Abstract Psychological group interventions for the acute inpatient care setting are scarce. Whereas Metacognitive Training for patients with Psychosis (MCT) provides a widely accessible, easy‐to‐implement intervention for patients with mild to moderate symptoms, it is less adequate for the acute care setting with respect to length and density of ...
Rabea Fischer, Jakob Scheunemann, Alison Bohlender, Patric Duletzki, Matthias Nagel, Steffen Moritz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perception of Physicians Working in Chile Toward Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2022
Introduction: Assisted suicide and euthanasia are controversial issues today and have been throughout the history of humanity, mainly because there are individuals for and against them. Currently, the legalization of these practices is being discussed in
Yelson Alejandro Picón-Jaimes, Javier Esteban Orozco-Chinome, Iván David Lozada-Martínez, Sandra Mass-Ramirez, Carlos Iván Higuera-Cetina, Lina María Montaña-Gómez, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar, Alexis Rafael Narvaez-Rojas   +7 more
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Physicians’ experiences with euthanasia: a cross-sectional survey amongst a random sample of Dutch physicians to explore their concerns, feelings and pressure

BMC Family Practice, 2019
Background Physicians who receive a request for euthanasia or assisted suicide may experience a conflict of duties: the duty to preserve life on the one hand and the duty to relieve suffering on the other hand.
Kirsten Evenblij, H. Roeline W. Pasman, Johannes J. M. van Delden, Agnes van der Heide, Suzanne van de Vathorst, Dick L. Willems, Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen   +6 more
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Time-trends in assisted and unassisted suicides completed with different methods: Swiss National Cohort

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2015
OBJECTIVE: The number of suicides assisted by right-to-die associations has increased in recent years in Switzerland. The aim of our study was to compare time trends in rates of assisted and unassisted suicide from 1991–2008.
Nicole Steck, Marcel Zwahlen, Matthias Egger   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source