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Why should you be denied euthanasia because you refused a recommended treatment? A lot of the treatments have awful side effects and are hard to live with. If you've tried all the other meds in that class why would you try another med in that class. I would never agree to ECT which can have terrible side effects which can be permanent. I don't think you ought to be denied over that.

As a psykiatrist in Denmark im glad for this lecture. I Can't thank you enough Our priminister wanted to open the discussion to dignified dying this year and referred to Belgium anf Netherlands as to be emulated. A puplic debate has started. I am now much more prepared to go into the fray of it. Thanks again

Amazing...thank you y god bless...I have Bipolar🤍❤🕊

We're all tainted. I can't say I've ever bet a truly sane, adjusted person.

Wow I've learned more on this Dr's video than what i had learned on therapy sessions, i am definitely applying this way of communication with my son.

I think artists just feel more. If anyone saw the world through an artists eye they would all be on the borderline of madness and greatness

Bisggest problem is that you can get everyhting set up and then the patient wants to abandon it all and wants help to start over somewhere else, no longer will take medication and is hostile to even the closest family members who are willing to help- the area of trouble is the Law protects them from having to receive treatment but expects you to help them; and take care of them - It's and OXYMORON approach Make the Law so family can help and not just guardianship- that is overridden by the other laws. Long story but why should we have to fight to take care of family who if are chronically proven to have the illness = we get interference by nonsensical laws

If there was ever an example of creativity versus mental illness, there's nobody else as close as Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, if you've ever read about him

This is why Wilhelm Reich is such an important intellectual. He called this horror out from within . He was jailed for his vision by these cruel clowns . The mechanistic reductionist dualistic mindset underpins all of this garbage and today the establishment is dealing with this pandemic in the same manner as the original eugenicists . Horrible! Thank you for this important work. I’m working on economic solutions for humankind doing what I can .

OCD might cause someone to keep practising the piano non stop and succeed piano playing to a level

For me creativity is the escape from mental illness.

Thank you very much for this video! It helped me create a content about this issue

You know about Benjamin Rush too right?

A much needed discussion we need to have. BTW as a person who gives a lot of presentations, your use of audio-visual aids is impressive (particularly for a presentation given in 2015).

Why is no one on either side of the euthanasia debate addressing the issue of suffering that could be prevented by providing better support for patients who are exhausted from the burden of excessive "self care" expectations and challenges of daily living for which they have insufficient resources (physical, emotional, cognitive or other circumstantial demands exceeding capacity)?The speaker mentions the dangers of over emphasizing autonomy re: euthanasia yet health professionals (especially mental health providers) routinely impose expectations of greater autonomy on over burdened ,burned out (& often isolated) patients and families through cruel accusations and criticism that patients are behaving irresponsibly or being unreasonably demanding if they ask for more support such as respite care ,extended recovery/rehabilitation care , or assistance with daily tasks that expend energy patients need to reserve for recovery specific activities like physical, occupational, and other therapies, rest and engagement in social, emotional and cognitively stimulating activities etc.

People who do not get help for their mental illnesses especially the more serious ones, should not have the privilege of owning a gun.

That's terrifying...

My 18 yr. old son was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder 1 back in March 2020 when he went thorough his first psychosis atack. He was supposed to take medication by court order but but he doesn’t and he is going through a second psychosis attack that sims to be lasting longer. Do you have any colleges in Tucson Az that you personally know? Do you ever have conferences in Arizona?

Bravo!!!!!

So instead we should waste tax payer money on keeping people who want to end their suffering alive? These euthanasia opponents are illogical.

This should be the ultimate human right in any society that calls itself free. This is 2020. It should have been available in all western democracies long ago. Psychiatric patients should not be forced to live as life long guinea pigs for the pharmaceutical industry.

Please watch this video to the end, it is long, but perhaps the most helpful resource available. Covid-19 has escalated the urgency of much needed support of our loved ones struggling with mental health issues. Friends play a vital role in the wellness of those we love and care for. Many have lost their jobs, health benefits, which eliminates therapy options and perhaps much needed medication... and has forced isolation. This video has given me the help I need to support and understand a loved friend from slipping into that dark place and knowing they are deserving of love and are not alone... I feel very inadequate and mess up all of the time as I am dealing with anger which is not pleasant but as my brothers keeper, not an enabler, I can not abandon my friend in a time of extreme need... in a few days I will try again because it is hard now and we both need a little break... that is love, all I can do, but I have not reacted and understand this storm we are in is not intentional...Thank you for posting this, you have really helped me help my friend.

Well, I don’t see how it’s workable. I have a daughter who is 44, living on the streets for pat 5 years. She can’t live with me because she had her 6 kids taken away due to psychosis and they were given to me by the court. How would I get her to see that she needs treatment when she thinks she doesn’t? None of the above will work. I’ve tried it all for 5 years

In my opinion worrying about what people are doing in Europe when there is so much needed help here with our dreadful Medicaid health system in the United States. most people who have mental illness end up losing their job and can't afford anything else but Medicaid. You can't even find a psychiatrist you have to go to a clinic and see a nurse practitioner they have bad attitudes and hate their job. We need to stop worrying about what everyone else in the world is doing and start worrying about our own people. Suicides in this country are higher than ever double then what they were in the 70s and 80s. It's pretty hard to convince a loved one to get help when nobody wants to help them. These clinics are overcrowded old dreary with a nurse practitioner thinking she's God . Even if you do end up going there you walk out without help in the 1st place especially if you have resistant treatment depression. Step one is to fix the health care system. If that can't happen I think we have a right to be euthanized what other choice do we have? That's why drug addiction is rampant and everyones overdosing . It's because they are self medicating and why is that? You can't find decent mental health care in this country. The people who can afford it really don't need it because if they did have a serious mental health condition they wouldn't be working and couldn't afford good insurance and the people who need it most aren't getting the help they need so they self Medicate.

amazing video

The uk should legalize assisted suicide its ur choice to do what u want to do with ur live if someone wanted to die they should be allowed to

I don't understand why people are against this like they can decide for others i personally have wanted euthanasia since 15 or 16 not because i'm sad or ill, just because i'm not interested to live in this world or other people lifes.i just wanna be alone and sleeping forever

He didn't mention that the 24 year old Belgian girl did end up going through with euthanasia two years after the video was made - it's shown at the very end of the film. Leaving out facts/misleading people doesn't help your debate position.

thank you for helping me with my debate

Thank u doc for making this Video.. so much Wonderful info.. my 24year old son who's schizoaffective , was diagnosed early 2016. He has been willing to receive mental health services until the beginning of this year .. he has been unwilling to receive mental help at the mental health clinic in the city . He's in and out if... I need help and I Don't need help .. he started smoking marijuana again after being sober for a year ,since last April and he's spiralled down slowly since then . Finally we have told him if he doesn't start seeking help , he can no longer live in the house . Finally agreed to see an independent psychologist only to change his mind last minute. He ended up going however, after we reminded him he cant stay in the home. But he has stopped taking his Abilify all together for about a month now and only taking Effexor. He's been very inconsistent since January, with him 70% of the tine off his meds . I am more often wanting to give up . But I'm trying to stay positive 😲 I wish there was a magic button to push😭😭😭 I have tried to not get depressed from this ..

Dr. Komrad! you reminded me of movie " The Help", the moment when that nurse leaves in the final scene!, when you said " I am having too much fun, I am not coming back."

I’m only ten but my mom is suffering a lot from mental illness and my dad and I can’t make her seal help

Doc Komrad, I don't know if you will ever read this, but I want to thank you - for this informative video and the book which you wrote. You have given me some direction to follow to help my sister who is in great need of an evaluation, but is resistant.

So many mentally ill are put in prisons rather than receive the medical help they need.

Using television shows / Hollywood stories as examples is completely unhelpful and not real world. Real world is quite the opposite - truth is there is very little help for families struggling to help a loved one with severe mental illness. Practitioners do not want to deal with difficult patients, drug them and get them out ASAP is the standard MO - maybe the very wealthy have more hope - but for the rest of us, since the Reagan administration shut down funding for state mental institutions, there is no where your loved one can stay for the amount of time needed to make any real progress. They are instead churned through the emergency and/or low care level system, often making their condition worse.

www.psychiatrictimes.com/neuropsychiatry/creativity-and-psychiatric-illness-finding-sweet-spot?rememberme=1&elq_mid=1923&elq_cid=891858

Thank you for this excellent talk . Dealing with a daughter ...

www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists

I was told that people in low income situations are better off because they are forced to get help if they want monetary assistance...

Outline in description would be helpful for deaf friends. When there is reason there can be persuasion. Serious illnesses diminish reason. Power of family is to restore reason...with intent to get them help. Everyone has rights, but in family privileges given by adults... Taking care of your own health, taking medication, is a responsibility of an adult. Diminished reason............paying for apartments...don't do it unless you get help? Last resorts involuntary evaluations/treatment don't let them come home consider initiating a legal problem (?) not explained. no man can help another without helping them self, sometimes you might be part of the problem. ENABLING YOU HAVE TO GET THIS PERSON TO WANT TO GET HELP.. I couldn't reach the website but here is something youneedhelpbook.com/Overview.html

Drugs raise mood. Art raises spirit. I couldn't agree more. My artistic outlet was what was missing in healing my CPTSD. A huge hole has been filled and it is hard to keep art/life balance and not get obsessive about it lol.

Hi I'm currently doing a project on famous artists with mental illness, and to start my project I'm looking at the link between mental illness and creativity, I was wondering where I can find the study on 1,200,000 swedes which found writers were more likely to be Schizophrenic, Bipolar, Unipolar, have anxiety or substance abuse or suicide. Just because I'd like to read the article or where it was published so I can read into it a bit more. Thank you!

I have been trying to get my daughter mental help since fifteen years old, shes now 22 and has a child. she is 100% detatched, and has told many lies about me, and she moves from place to place blaming the last person. Just one hour professional evaluation, Her thinking is squewed. She acts like she will not do what I say. She has unhealthy relationships one after another. I was the only relative that supported her and she treats me as bad as it gets.How do you get her help?

Superb Talk. Everyone needs to hear this.