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Euthanasia for people with psychiatric disorders or dementia is legal in Belgium under strict conditions, but remains a controversial practice. An analysis of officially reported cases indicates an increase in the absolute number of cases since 2008, which is particularly evident in cases with a mood disorder diagnosis

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BMC Psychiatry is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of psychiatric disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.

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Benjamin Ragen, BioMed Central

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Cathy Barr, The Toronto Western Hospital
Ruth Benca, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Linda Davies, University of Manchester
Secondo Fassino, Turin University
Seena Fazel, University of Oxford
Morten Hesse, University of Aarhus
Sharon Lawn, Flinders University
Ute Lewitzka, Technische Universität Dresden
Joanne Ryan, Monash University
Florian Seemüller, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Wei Wang, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Joanne Ryan, Section Editor

Dr. Joanne Ryan is a genetic epidemiologist who leads the Dementia Research Program in the School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University. She joined the editorial board of BMC Psychiatry as an Associate Editor in 2014 and became a Section Editor in 2016

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Comparison and predictors of treatment adherence and remission among patients with schizophrenia treated with paliperidone palmitate or atypical oral antipsychotics in community behavioral health organizations

Early adversity and psychiatric symptoms – a prospective study on Ethiopian mothers and their children

Trends in levels of self-reported psychological distress among individuals who seek psychiatric services over eight years: a comparison between age groups in three population surveys in Stockholm County

Self-admission to inpatient treatment in psychiatry: lessons on implementation

Gender differences in factors associated with smartphone addiction: a cross-sectional study among medical college students

Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders

Ontological security and connectivity provided by pets: a study in the self-management of the everyday lives of people diagnosed with a long-term mental health condition

Perceived barriers and facilitators to mental health help-seeking in young people: a systematic review

Crime and victimisation in people with intellectual disability: a case linkage study

The role of basic health insurance on depression: an epidemiological cohort study of a randomized community sample in Northwest China

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