Commentary Should psychiatrists and other doctors assist the suicides of mentally ill patients?  Not that long ago, the answer to that question would have been unequivocally, “No” The job of a mental health professional is to save the lives of suicidal patients, not help them die. But that was before assisted suicide became and up and coming cultural cause. Most people think that the “right to die” movement is restricted to people with terminal illnesses. While true in this country—so far—that’s just the proverbial camel’s nose under the tent. Once people accept the lethal premise that killing/suicide are proper responses to suffering, there is no permanent way to logically limit “death with dignity” to those who are diagnosed as dying. There is already abundant advocacy in professional journals and among euthanasia activists to allow lethal injection or prescribed suicide as a “treatment” for the suffering caused by mental illness. Welcome …