Help with depression, not suicide: An Oregon doctor writes about a 76 year-old patient with cancer -- "I referred him to an cancer specialist for evaluation and therapy. He was an avid hiker and as he went through his therapy, he became less able to do this activity and became depressed. . ..
"He expressed a wish for assisted-suicide to the cancer specialist, but rather than taking the time and effort to address his depression, or to contact me as his primary physician and as someone who knew him, she asked me to be the second opinion for his suicide. I told her that I did not concur and that addressing his depression would be better than simply giving him a lethal prescription. Unfortunately, two weeks later my patient was dead from an overdose prescribed by this doctor.
"In most jurisdictions, suicidal ideation is interpreted as a cry for help. In Oregon, the only help my patient got was a lethal prescription intended to kill him."
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A number of experts believe that adopting a growth mindset will lower your stress levels and improve both your psychological and physical well-being, and thus help with depression.
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with the idea of a "growth mindset." Can you explain?
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