Stergiopoulos, Vicky
Bastidas-Bilbao, Hamer
Gupta, Mona
Buchman, Daniel Z.
Stewart, Donna E.
Rajji, Tarek
Simpson, Alexander I. F.
van Kesteren, Mary Rose
Cappe, Vivien
Castle, David
Shields, Roslyn
Hawke, Lisa D.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (332964)
University of Toronto (n/a)
Article History
Received: 4 July 2023
Accepted: 19 January 2024
First Online: 14 February 2024
Declarations
:
: The study was approved by the Research Ethics board of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. All participant provided written informed consent. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: Vicky Stergiopoulos, Hamer Bastidas-Bilbao, Alexander I. F. Simpson, Mary Rose van Kesteren, Vivien Cappe, Daniel Z. Buchman, Roslyn Shields, Tarek K. Rajji and Lisa D. Hawke declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. Donna Eileen Stewart declares that she has served in the Expert Panel on MAID and Mental Illness, the Canadian Psychiatric Association Working Group on MAID, and as a reviewer of the Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers (CAMAP) curriculum on MAID. Mona Gupta declares that she has received funding related to this subject from CIHR; she was Chair of Health Canada’s Task Group on MAID Practice Standards, the Chair of the Federal Expert Panel on MAID and Mental Illness, and the Chair of the AMPQ ad hoc committee on MAID. Tarek K. Rajji declares that he was a member of the Health Canada’s Task Group on MAID Practice Standards and that he is Co-Chair of the MAID Working Group at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). David Castle has received grant monies for research from NHMRC (Australia), Barbara Dicker Research Fund, Milken Institute, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Psyche Foundation; consulting fees from Seqirus; honoraria for talks from Seqirus, Servier, and Mindcafe Forum; honoraria as advisory board member from Seqirus and Lundbeck; he is a founder of the Optimal Health Program (OHP), and holds 50% of the IP for OHP; is part owner and board member of Clarity Healthcare; is unpaid board chair of the Psyche Institute; he does not knowingly have stocks or shares in any pharmaceutical company.