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 …

Self‐binding directives (SBDs, also referred to as Ulysses directives) 1 are a type of advance
health directive used by people with mental illness to bind themselves to future treatment …

The concept of psychiatric advance directives has been promoted as a mechanism by which
individuals may make choices in the present about treatment they would want or not want …

Background Mental health advance directives support service users' autonomy and provide
a voice in their care choices when they may not have capacity to give informed consent …

Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are legal documents that allow individuals to express
their wishes for future psychiatric care and to authorize a legally appointed proxy to make …

In the last decade the use of advance directives or living wills has become increasingly
common. This paper is concerned with those advance directives in which the user opts for …

Abstract Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs) have been incorporated into India's Mental
Health Care Bill, 2013. This is the first time any form of Advance Directive stands to receive …

Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are legal tools that allow competent individuals to
declare preferences for future mental health treatment when they may not be capable of …

For people with serious mental illness, research demonstrates the potential positive effects
of having an advance directive with specific instructions for mental health care. The …

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 …