Tag: psychiatric disorders

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 12, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abdominal pain, assisted suicide, autopsy, Belgium, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, Brittany Maynard, Canada, compounding pharmacies, disability, Eileen Mihich, Elizabeth Bruenig, Estonia, euthanasia, Germany, Jack Kevorkian, Jess Kaan, Luxembourg, Marjorie Wantz, mental illness, Netherlands, Oregon, pharmacists, pharmacy, poison, psychiatric disorders, rape, slippery slope, suffering, suicide, suicide prevention, The Atlantic, Veronica Torina, Washington State}

How a Mentally Ill Woman Wrote Herself a Lethal Prescription

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 12, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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A troubling look at how systemic gaps enabled a vulnerable woman to obtain lethal drugs unchecked. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 26, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Psychology
Tagged
, abortion, abortionists, Canada, choice, hospitalization, medical journals, medicine, mental health, pro-life movement, psychiatric disorders, Quebec, risk, women}

Study: Mental Illness More Likely After Abortion than After Childbirth

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 26, 2025

Medicine, Psychology

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At the very least, if informed consent and “choice” are to mean anything, abortionists should be duty-bound to inform pregnant women about this particular risk. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 27, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, consciousness, David Chalmers, Delusion, George Musser, hard problem of consciousness, human consciousness, Nautilus, neuroscientists, psychiatric disorders, psychologists}

Scientists Examining Consciousness — Here’s the Problem

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 27, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Many researchers do like to write about consciousness and here are two recent contributions to the accessible literature. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, addiction, Alzheimer’s, Belgium, despair, euthanasia, fear, killing, loneliness, organ donation, psychiatric disorders, schizophrenia, suffering, suicide}

Euthanasia’s Moral Abyss — Belgian Edition

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 29, 2018

Bioethics

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The carnage so bloodlessly described in the Belgian report demonstrates vividly the consequences to a society when it generally accepts killing as a proper answer to human suffering. Read More ›