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A Dutch woman aged 28 has decided to legally end her life due to her struggle with crippling depression, autism and personality disorder, said a report by the Free Press..
Zoraya ter Beek, living in a small village in the Netherlands near the German border, is scheduled to be euthanised in May, the report added..
When shes dead, a euthanasia review panel will evaluate her death to ensure the doctor adhered to due care criteria," and the Dutch government will declare that the life of Zoraya ter Beek was lawfully ended..
More people are deciding to end their lives while suffering from a slew of mental health problems like depression or anxiety amplified by economic uncertainty, climate change, social media and other issues, the Free Press reported..
Im seeing euthanasia as some sort of acceptable option brought to the table by physicians, by psychiatrists, when previously it was the ultimate last resort," Stef Groenewoud, a health care ethicist at Theological University Kampen, in the Netherlands, told the Free Press..
