Psychiatric Advance Directives

CA Psychiatric Advance Directive Forms  ​Stories  FAQs
About PADs
  • A psychiatric advance directive (PAD) is a legal document that documents a person’s preferences for future mental health treatment, and allows appointment of a health proxy to interpret those preferences during a crisis.
  • PADs may be drafted when a person is well enough to consider preferences for future mental health treatment.
  • PADs are used when a person becomes unable to make decisions during a mental health crisis.
MHSA Multi-County Collaborative Innovative Project Plan - PADs
Crisis in Control - A film about PADs


​Articles / Resources

Psychiatric Advance Directives:  Supporting Voice and Choice in Mental Health Crisis Settings, NAMI and SAMHSA May 2022  PowerPoint  Recording

​Implementing Psychiatric Advance Directives: The Transmitter and Receiver Problem and the Neglected Right to Be Deemed Incapable, Swartz Et Al, Psychiatry Online

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