[The Psychiatrist and patients with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning].

Background: A substantial proportion of patients within regular Mental Health Services have a mild intellectual disability (MID) or borderline intellectual functioning (BIF). Previous research has shown that psychiatrists are ambivalent about their own knowledge and skills in providing care to these patients.

Aim: To gain insight into factors that play a role in how psychiatrists experience the provision of care to patients with MID/BIF and comorbid psychiatric disorders.

Irremediable Psychiatric Suffering in The Context of Medical Assistance in Dying: A Delphi-Study.

Objective: Patients with a psychiatric disorder are eligible to request medical assistance in dying (MAID) in a small but growing number of jurisdictions, including the Netherlands and Belgium. In Canada, MAID for mental illness will become possible in 2023. For this request to be granted, most of these jurisdictions demand that the patient is competent in her request, and that the suffering experienced is unbearable and irremediable.

Establishing irremediable psychiatric suffering in the context of medical assistance in dying in the Netherlands: a qualitative study.

Background: Establishing irremediability of suffering is a central challenge in determining the appropriateness of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) for patients with a psychiatric disorder. We sought to evaluate how experienced psychiatrists define irremediable psychiatric suffering in the context of MAiD and what challenges they face while establishing irremediable psychiatric suffering.

Methods: We conducted a qualitative study of psychiatrists in the Netherlands with experience assessing irremediable psychiatric suffering in the context of MAiD.

Corrigendum: UP'S: A Cohort Study on Recovery in Psychotic Disorder Patients: Design Protocol.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.