Young British man with bipolar disorder travels to Netherlands for euthanasia

Quetiapine, a medicine used to help bipolar people, is currently missing throughout France. Because of this shortage, doctors and pharmacists in Brittany have to change their prescriptions or resort to masterful preparations. This situation worries patients who cannot do without it.

Young British man with bipolar disorder travels to Netherlands for euthanasia

His desire for euthanasia is a cry for help, as he admits it isn't mental illness, but depression and burnout that he finds overwhelming.

Twenty years ago, the Netherlands was one of the first countries in the world to legalize euthanasia. But while this form of ending life used to be associated mainly with advanced cancer or other incurable diseases, the practice has been shifting in recent years. A new international study points to a worrying development: people with autism or an intellectual disability are also being euthanized in the Netherlands, even without having a physical…