Background Psychiatric advance directives (PAD) were shown to be effective in the
reduction of coercion and strengthening of the patientsautonomy. Therefore, the Swiss …

Background: Advance directives enable patients to ensure that treatment decisions will be
based on their autonomous will, even if they are incompetent at the time at which the …

Background Advance Directives are written documents, which are used for people to notify
their preference for a future situation when they are unable to give their consent. In …

Objective: Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are documents that allow users of mental
health services to express their preferences for treatment in future mental health crises. To …

Pscychiatric wills are advance directives for an eventual involuntary treatment in psychiatry.
We attempted to determine psychiatric professionals' knowledge and opinion about this …

Advance directives contain wishes and values, fears and refusals of competent lay people
regarding medical interventions in future situations when they might lack communicative and …

Objective: Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) enable users of mental health services to
express their treatment preferences for future mental health crises. PAD completion rates …

Objective: To provide a Canadian perspective on psychiatric advance directives (PADs) and
assess whether these documents can be implemented as an adjunct to mental health …

In an exploratory context, a qualitative approach was used to document perceptions of
psychiatric advance directives among legal professionals and mental health professionals in …

Psychiatric advance directives (ADs) allow an individual to state their preferences for future
treatment at times when they may be unable to make considered decisions. There are …