Thought for Food Webinar #4 Euthanasia in psychiatry

The fourth speaker of the Thought for Food Webinar is psychiatrist Sisco van Veen from GGZ in Geest. Van Veen will talk about depression and euthanasia in psychiatry.
Sisco van Veen is psychiatrist at GGZ in Geest and PhD candidate at Amsterdam UMC. His research focusses on depression and euthanasia in psychiatry.
Performing euthanasia on a psychiatric patient has been a regular topic of discussion for years. The Netherlands is one of the few countries in the world where euthanasia and assisted suicide are allowed in cases of mental suffering. However, more than 90% of the people who request euthanasia on the basis of psychological complaints are rejected.
On a radio show psychiatrist Sisco van Veen spoke about the first developments regarding euthanasia in psychiatry (https://eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/item/we-kunnen-nog-veel-leren-over-euthanasie-bij-psychiatrische-patienten/). At Thought for Food he continues his story and will talk about the complexity of euthanasia and the assessment of hopeless, unbearable suffering in psychiatry.