ABSTRACT Psychiatric Advance Directives are relatively new legal tools that allow
competent persons to consent or refuse mental health treatment and designate a proxy …

Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) allow competent persons to request or refuse specific
types of treatment and designate a proxy decisionmaker in advance of a mental health crisis …

An advance directive for psychiatric care is a legally enforceable document that specifies the
manner in which psychiatric treatment decisions are to be made in the event that a person …

OBJECTIVES: Psychiatric advance directives allow competent persons to document
advance instructions or designate a health care agent to communicate their preferences for …

Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) document a patient's advance instructions (AIs) for
treatment and/or designation of a potential proxy decision maker. Approximately 50% of a …

Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) document mental health treatment preferences in
advance of periods of incapacity. While many have recognized the potential benefits of …

Psychiatric advance directives are gaining attention as the number of consumers seeking
metal health services increases. Even though medical advance directives have existed for …

Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are intended to support patients' treatment decisions
during a crisis. However, PAD statutes give clinicians broad discretion over whether to carry …

Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) were introduced in the 1980s as legal instruments for
psychiatric patients to retain some choice over their own mental health treatment during …

Limited research has examined patients' preferences for psychiatric advance directives
(PADs). This study examines the preferences and interest in PADs among patients with …