News Deconstructing The Relationship Between Ptsd And Suicidal Thinking

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cultures are all different (even just within social settings).

Putting PTSD, and mental health, in the context of euthanasia is really interesting to me, and I wonder to what extent our approach to suicidal ideation in a mental health is more cultural than medical.

Once diagnosed with, say, PTSD or depression, I suddenly become unable to make s rational decision about ending my life despite the nature of my illness, the persistence of the suicidal thoughts, how well I might be able to rationalise my thoughts, or any other consideration. Yet for other illnesses, in other cultures, euthanasia has not only become legal, but as you say, normalised.

Can't help wondering then if heaping mental illness sufferers into one large "You can't make a rational decision about this" basket, which doesn't exist for other health conditions, may, yeah, be far more a culturally based rather than medically evidenced. Of course we can find cases wheere the suicidal ideation has subsided, but what about those where it doesn't....