澳大利亚省一名男子因突然戒药自杀, 引发了要求透明度和更高的精神健康相关死亡尸检率的呼吁. A BC man’s suicide after abrupt medication withdrawal sparks calls for transparency and higher autopsy rates in mental health-related deaths.

2025年6月, 61岁的Rodney Wells的朋友Wayne Heinen因心理健康及药物改变而死於自杀, 要求不列颠哥伦比亚省死亡调查透明。 Wayne Heinen, friend of Rodney Wells, 61, who died by suicide in June 2025 after struggling with mental health and medication changes, is calling for transparency in British Columbia’s death investigations. Wells是一名癌症幸存者,曾为失眠指定了对象素的处方,并突然停止了这种治疗,导致严重反弹症状。 Wells, a cancer survivor, had been prescribed zopiclone for insomnia and stopped it abruptly, leading to severe rebound symptoms. 他还服用多种带有自杀风险警告的药物,包括trazodone,对此他没有得到适当解释。 He was also on multiple medications with suicide risk warnings, including trazodone, which was not properly explained to him. 尽管家属提出要求,Kelowana验尸官以工作风险为由拒绝验尸,引起人们对B.C.3.2%的验尸率很低的关切。 Despite family requests, the Kelowna coroner refused an autopsy, citing job risk, contributing to concerns over B.C.’s low 3.2% autopsy rate. Heinen等人敦促进行更好的监督,特别是在涉及精神健康和药物退出的情况下,以防止今后发生悲剧。 Heinen and others urge better oversight, especially in cases involving mental health and medication withdrawal, to prevent future tragedies.