Suicide: Why do mental health professionals tell patients “It’s your decision”?

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Aug 8, 2019
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[Published 18 July 2019 on Saving Lives, by Joy Hibbins]

TW for discussion of suicide

''On several occasions, when I was at the point of suicide, mental health professionals told me that it was “my choice” or “my decision” to end my life. It was their assessment that I had the mental capacity to do so.''

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