Notes on psychiatrist liability around the world regarding suicide
BackgroundCurrently, there is a lively debate regarding involuntary treatment and the psychiatrist's liability for suicide of patients with serious mental illness. This article aims to highlight the worldwide differences, considering that in some countries suicide is still considered a crime, w...
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| author | Anna Saya Anna Saya Giuseppe Albanesi Diego Cichetti Matteo Di Molfetta Yuri Guarino Cinzia Niolu Cinzia Niolu Alberto Siracusano Alberto Siracusano |
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| description | BackgroundCurrently, there is a lively debate regarding involuntary treatment and the psychiatrist's liability for suicide of patients with serious mental illness. This article aims to highlight the worldwide differences, considering that in some countries suicide is still considered a crime, while elsewhere, access to euthanasia/medically assisted suicide is allowed even for psychiatric patients.MethodsData have been collected from accredited sites, governmental websites, and databases of organizations. The legislation and socio-cultural contexts of different countries are considered.ResultsThis article highlight significant legislative differences, including suicide prevention programs, also due to several sociocultural patterns. The psychiatrist liability is not always clearly described in the legislation of different countries.ConclusionsWhat emerges from this study is the gray area of psychiatric patient suicide. Is it possible to make the psychiatrist liable for an unmanageable illness? What are the correct guidelines? When the possibility of coercion is no longer valid to avoid suicide and when does the right to self-determination begin for the psychiatric patient? |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a39389e75ff54fcdacabb234557888032025-01-23T06:56:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402025-01-011510.3389/fpsyt.2024.14663251466325Notes on psychiatrist liability around the world regarding suicideAnna Saya0Anna Saya1Giuseppe Albanesi2Diego Cichetti3Matteo Di Molfetta4Yuri Guarino5Cinzia Niolu6Cinzia Niolu7Alberto Siracusano8Alberto Siracusano9Chair of Psychiatry, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, ItalyPsychiatry and Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, ItalyPsychiatry and Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, ItalyPsychiatry and Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, ItalyPsychiatry and Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, ItalyPsychiatry and Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, ItalyChair of Psychiatry, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, ItalyPsychiatry and Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, ItalyChair of Psychiatry, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, ItalyPsychiatry and Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, ItalyBackgroundCurrently, there is a lively debate regarding involuntary treatment and the psychiatrist's liability for suicide of patients with serious mental illness. This article aims to highlight the worldwide differences, considering that in some countries suicide is still considered a crime, while elsewhere, access to euthanasia/medically assisted suicide is allowed even for psychiatric patients.MethodsData have been collected from accredited sites, governmental websites, and databases of organizations. The legislation and socio-cultural contexts of different countries are considered.ResultsThis article highlight significant legislative differences, including suicide prevention programs, also due to several sociocultural patterns. The psychiatrist liability is not always clearly described in the legislation of different countries.ConclusionsWhat emerges from this study is the gray area of psychiatric patient suicide. Is it possible to make the psychiatrist liable for an unmanageable illness? What are the correct guidelines? When the possibility of coercion is no longer valid to avoid suicide and when does the right to self-determination begin for the psychiatric patient?https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1466325/fullsuicideclaimscivil and criminal psychiatrist liabilityself-determinationguarantee positionhospitalization |
| spellingShingle | Anna Saya Anna Saya Giuseppe Albanesi Diego Cichetti Matteo Di Molfetta Yuri Guarino Cinzia Niolu Cinzia Niolu Alberto Siracusano Alberto Siracusano Notes on psychiatrist liability around the world regarding suicide Frontiers in Psychiatry suicide claims civil and criminal psychiatrist liability self-determination guarantee position hospitalization |
| title | Notes on psychiatrist liability around the world regarding suicide |
| title_full | Notes on psychiatrist liability around the world regarding suicide |
| title_fullStr | Notes on psychiatrist liability around the world regarding suicide |
| title_full_unstemmed | Notes on psychiatrist liability around the world regarding suicide |
| title_short | Notes on psychiatrist liability around the world regarding suicide |
| title_sort | notes on psychiatrist liability around the world regarding suicide |
| topic | suicide claims civil and criminal psychiatrist liability self-determination guarantee position hospitalization |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1466325/full |
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