Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Thank you for the question. I will address the issue of the participation of a psychiatrist in these committees, and maybe Kristin can also talk about other potential members of such committees. It's also something we discussed in our panel at CAMH. For individuals who don't hav

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  By training, yes. That's part of the training for all GPs; they can make a diagnosis of a psychiatric condition. Sometimes when it's not a straightforward psychiatric condition, they may refer the individual for a consultation.

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  By straightforward, I mean following the way that we make a diagnosis. Clinically, there is a textbook where there's very clear criteria about how to make a diagnosis of a major depressive disorder or schizophrenia. When the presentation is not consistent with one of the criteria

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  That's a great question. We also discussed that at our panel at CAMH. I think it's critical to have a comprehensive capacity assessment for someone who has a mental illness but is suffering from a non-mental illness which could be the grievous and irremediable condition. As you

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Thank you. Members of the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to share our perspectives on this extremely important topic. My name is Tarek Rajji. I'm the chief of geriatric psychiatry at the Centre for A