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

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

Virginia appears to be the first state to commit itself to statewide implementation of
psychiatric advance directives, and its experience may be highly instructive for other states …

Advance directives are designed to establish a person's preferences for treatment if the
person becomes incompetent in the future or unable to communicate those preferences to …

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 …

The advance directive is a statement of an individual's preference for future treatment. The
concept initially evolved in the context of end-of-life treatment decision making …

Psychiatric advance directives help promote patient involvement in treatment and expedite
psychiatric care. However, clinicians are unsure of how to use directives, partly due to poor …

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

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 …

Advance directives have been championed and debated in the literature, espoused by
patient advocates, and incorporated or proposed in the majority of Canadian provinces and …