Certainly. Dr. Gupta spoke to the need for clinicians to assess suicidality and ensure that the person is not in crisis.
I'm thinking about Claire Elyse Brosseau. Many of you will have seen the media today on her recent filing. This is an individual who has 35 years of significant care. She has had access to every treatment she could have wanted. She has worked extensively with multiple psychiatrists. Her psychiatrist supports her decision. That's one individual. John Scully is another. You can see information on his story on our website. Certainly, there are very few of these people. There are, perhaps, one or two others.
We talk to clinicians, psychiatrists in particular, who do this work and who have thought about their patients over the many years. One clinician, for example, said, “In my 40 years, perhaps I've seen four people who may qualify.” There are very few when you look at the numbers. I could provide some numbers related to the calls we get. We are not clinicians. We don't assess for eligibility, but I can certainly tell you that the vast majority of those who call and identify with a mental illness tell us that they either have not been diagnosed or have not received treatment. Those people would never be considered for MAID.
