With respect to Dr. Gupta and others, including Senator Kutcher, they will tell a room full of psychiatrists who don't share this view that this is one of their core competencies.
We are trained to assess and address suicidality. Professor Gagnon was not confused when he said that we can't separate that suicidality from MAID requests for mental illness because we don't know how to do that. Those are different things. Anyone who's providing that kind of reassurance.... Frankly, I would say they are selling a bit of snake oil.