Requests for Medical Assistance in Dying by Young Dutch People With Psychiatric Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In the Netherlands, a growing group of young people request medical assistance in dying based on psychiatric suffering (MAID-PS). Little is known about this group, their characteristics, and outcomes.

Objective

To assess the proportion of requests for and deaths by MAID-PS among young patients, outcomes of their application and assessment procedures, and characteristics of those patients who died by either MAID or suicide.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study included Dutch individuals younger than 24 years requesting MAID-PS between January 1, 2012, and June 30, 2021, whose patient file had been closed by December 1, 2022, at the Expertisecentrum Euthanasie, a specialized health care facility providing MAID consultation and car

SUBMITTER: Schweren LJS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11883486 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature