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A victim of child sex abuse has been allowed to end her life after
doctors decided her mental disorder was incurable, it’s been reported.
The woman, in her twenties, was molested between the ages of five and 15
and had been suffering with post-traumatic stress since the abuse
began.
She underwent ‘intensive therapy ‘ and though her psychological
condition improved, doctors in the Netherlands decided to accept her
request to die, the Daily Mail reported.The woman, who has not been named, suffered from severe anorexia
, chronic depression, suicidal mood swings, self-harming,
hallucinations, obsessions and compulsions, according to papers released
by the Dutch Euthanasia Commission.
Her condition had left her
almost entirely bedridden and her psychiatrist said
doctors decided her mental disorder was incurable, it’s been reported.
The woman, in her twenties, was molested between the ages of five and 15
and had been suffering with post-traumatic stress since the abuse
began.
She underwent ‘intensive therapy ‘ and though her psychological
condition improved, doctors in the Netherlands decided to accept her
request to die, the Daily Mail reported.The woman, who has not been named, suffered from severe anorexia
, chronic depression, suicidal mood swings, self-harming,
hallucinations, obsessions and compulsions, according to papers released
by the Dutch Euthanasia Commission.
Her condition had left her
almost entirely bedridden and her psychiatrist said
“there was no
prospect or hope for her”, describing her suffering as “unbearable”.
A
final medical report approved the “termination of life” order and the
woman was given a lethal injection of drugs last year, the report said.
The
papers reportedly concluded that the woman had been “totally competent”
in making her decision and there was “no major depression or other mood
disorder which affected her thinking”.
