Topic: Mental Health
Resources in this topic
Public Mental Health and the Ethics of COVID-19 Lockdowns
ABN Papers
February 11, 2026
Introduction Since the advent of the ongoing coronavirus crisis, mental health has emerged as a major talking point in the media. Pandemics are a time of heightened anxiety for the population at large, [1] and this anxiety is also fuelled partly by the relentlessness of media cycles, and exacerbated by the rapid spread of false, often alarming
Suicide Prevention: Does Legalising Assisted Suicide Make Things Better Or Worse?
ABN Papers
February 11, 2026
Summary Promoting euthanasia or assisted suicide (EAS) seems to contradict the principle that ‘every suicide is a tragedy’. It has also been argued that the normalisation of EAS might encourage non-assisted suicide. On the other hand, others argue that legalisation of EAS could help prevent suicide. This is because there are people with terminal illnesses who die by
Twenty questions on assisted dying and suicide prevention
ABN Papers
June 23, 2026
Twenty questions on assisted dying and suicide prevention David Albert Jones[i] [i] Professor of Bioethics, St Mary’s University, Twickenham and Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University, but writing here in a personal capacity. This paper has not been through a formal peer review process, though it has benefited from comments from colleagues. It is