This paper presents findings from an interdisciplinary project undertaken in Victoria,
Australia, investigating the barriers and facilitators to supported decision-making (SDM) for …

Background: Supporting the decision-making of mental health service users fulfils
professional, ethical and moral obligations of mental health practitioners. It may also aid …

Background As a response to evidence that mental health service users and carers expect
greater involvement in decisions about antipsychotic medication choice and prescribing …

Purpose Current literature on personal experiences of community treatment orders (CTO) is
limited. This paper examines participants' experiences of the mechanisms via which the …

Shared decision making (SDM) in mental health care involves clinicians and patients
working together to make decisions. The key elements of SDM have been identified …

Background Despite increasing calls for shared decision making (SDM), the precise
mechanisms for its attainment are unclear. Sharing decisions in mental health care may be …

Respecting a person's choices about the mental health services they do or do not use is a
mark of quality support, and is often pursued for moral reasons, as a rights imperative and to …

Supported decision-making (SDM) is a principle guiding mental health service provision,
which aims to improve people's ability to make informed decisions about their care …

Although shared decision making (SDM) has become the most preferable way in doctor–
patient communication, it is not fully implemented in mental health care likely due to the …

Purpose Shared decision making (SDM) prioritises joint deliberation between practitioner
and service user, and a respect for service-users' experiential knowledge, values and …