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 …

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

There is no health without mental health. Recently conducted National Mental Health Survey
quoted a prevalence of 13.7% lifetime and 10.6% current mental morbidity. To address this …

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 …

Introduction “Advance decision making”(ADM) refers to people planning for a future when
they may lose the capacity to make decisions about treatment (decision making capacity for …

Abstract Introduction The Indian National Mental Health Survey (NMHS) of 2015–2016 has
estimated 13.7% lifetime and 10.6% point prevalence for mental illnesses. It has identified …

With the ratification of the landmark United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with
Disabilities by India, it was imperative to revamp the mental health-care legislation, among …

Background Compulsory admission to psychiatric hospital is rising despite serious ethical
concerns. Among measures to reduce compulsory admissions, Psychiatric Advance …

Background Psychiatric advance directives (PAD) were shown to be effective in the
reduction of coercion and strengthening of the patientsautonomy. Therefore, the Swiss …

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 …