No, I don't agree. When I assess someone's condition, I cannot make that distinction. There is no tool at the moment that would allow me to distinguish a suicidal person from someone who is requesting assisted suicide, meaning medical assistance to die. How can I distinguish between the two?
When you are affected by mental disorders and cognitive distortions, you see things in a darker light and you want to stop suffering. Believe me, I know what it's like, having been there myself. If medical assistance in dying had been available five years ago, I might have asked for it, but the diagnosis was wrong. I was given time to get where I am today.