Abstract
EDITOR, - I feel qualified to comment on the anonymous personal view discussing the right to commit suicide,1 having been similarly thwarted in a serious attempt to take my life. Before this event my suicidal ideation, during periods when life seemed to present unending pressures, seemed a normal thought process, offering the reassurance of a final solution if all others failed. I presumed that being an effective general practitioners, carrying a full practice load, was evidence of sanity,and I could not have accepted that I was suffering major depressive episodes that would benefit from antidepressant treatment. Adequate antidepressant treatment - made possible by the positive, supportive, non-judgmental attitude of my partners, family, and a …
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