ESSPD Webinar: Euthanasia and assisted suicide for people with personality disorders in Europe – What is our current knowledge?
Introduction
The first ESSPD webinar is devoted to informing the European specialists working with Personality disorders about the widely unknown topic of euthanasia and assisted suicide for patients with severe mental disorders in general and particularly personality disorders.
Attendants will follow four presentations by experts followed by a 45-minute panel and audience discussion.
Places are limited, so please register for the webinar.
Find out more about the topic in the ESSPD paper.
Schedule
Welcome
Prof. Babette Renneberg (Berlin, Germany), president of the ESSPD
Moderator
Prof. Christian Schmahl (Mannheim, Germany)

Dr. Ester di Giacomo
Milan, Italy
Introduction to the issue of euthanasia and assisted suicide with a view on psychiatric patients

Prof. Joris Vandenberghe
Leuven, Belgium
EAS and mental disorders in Belgium

Prof. Damiaan Denys
Amsterdam, Netherlands
EAS and mental disorders in The Netherlands

Prof. Lars Mehlum
Oslo, Norway
Transactional aspects of asking for and granting EAS in patients with personality disorders
Discussions
The audience can participate in the discussion by sending in questions via the chat.