Objective: Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are documents that allow users of mental
health services to express their preferences for treatment in future mental health crises. To …

The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With
Schizophrenia seeks to reduce these substantial psychosocial and public health …

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

Background Advance care planning (ACP) refers to a process of discussions between
professionals, patients, and their families, which allows the patient to define and …

Peer support involves the provision of support and services to persons with mental illness by
individuals who have a current or past experience of mental health problems (Davidson et …

Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are documents by means of which mental health
service users can make known their preferences regarding treatment in a future mental …

There have been important recent developments in law, research, policy and practice
relating to supporting people with decision-making impairments, in particular when a …

Background: The idea that people with severe mental illness should be able to plan in
advance for periods of illness as a means of enhancing autonomy has been long debated …

Background The UK government committed to legislating for Advance Choice
Documents/Advance Statements (ACD/AS) following their recommendation by the …

Self-binding directives (SBDs) are an ethically controversial type of advance decision
making involving advance requests for involuntary treatment. This study systematically …