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

Background There is a growing momentum around the world to foster greater opportunities
for the involvement of mental health service users in their care and treatment planning. In …

Background Involuntary treatment is a key issue in healthcare ethics. In this study, ethical
issues relating to involuntary psychiatric treatment are investigated through interviews with …

Seclusion is used in forensic and general mental health settings to protect a person or
others from harm. However, seclusion can result in trauma‐related harm and re …

Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are written documents or oral statements that allow
adults with decisionmaking capacity to declare their treatment preferences and/or to …

Background Advance psychiatric agreements could guide medical teams in providing care
consistent with the incapacitated service user's wishes. However, these types of agreements …

Objectives Advance directives are documents stating treatment preferences in case of future
lack of decision making capacity. In India, as in many other countries, legislators advocate …

Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) allow service users to participate in their own mental
health care in the event that they have a future mental health crisis and are deemed …

Aim This study explored the attitudes, experiences, and perceptions of Korean nurses
toward advance directives (ADs) before the establishment of new Well-Dying Law. Methods …

People with mental illness may be unable to provide critical input about the care they wish to
receive during a psychiatric crisis because of altered mental states. It is therefore imperative …