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

… Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are documents that allow users of mental health …
To increase the use of PADs in psychiatric practice, it is helpful to consider how service users …

… Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are legal documents that allow individuals with
psychiatric … have created online advance directive registries (both medical and psychiatric) to …

Importance Reducing the use of coercion in mental health care is crucial from a human rights
and public health perspective. Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are promising tools …

… and recommended revised mental health legislation to incorporate the use of psychiatric
advance directives (PADs). Unlike medical advance directives, which focus on end-of-life care …

… users agreed to the statement that psychiatric advance directives will help people with
mental … “I think psychiatric advance directives will help persons with mental illness feel some …

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

… The patient's decision-making abilities are often altered in psychiatric disorders. The legal
framework of psychiatric advance directives (PADs) has been made to provide care to patients …

… to psychiatric hospital is rising despite serious ethical concerns. Among measures to reduce
compulsory admissions, Psychiatric Advance Directives (… Psychiatric Advance Directives in …

… 't understand enough about psychiatric advance directives”), difficulty (eg “It will be hard to
find someone or somewhere to get help to complete the psychiatric advance directive”), futility …