Specifying care for an emergency
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| Topics: hospitals, legal, medication, psychosis, therapies
The Infinite Mind rebroadcast “An Educated Consumer,” which originally aired in 2005, discussing Psychiatric Advance Directives (PAD).
PADs are legal documents directing treatment teams what to do when it is impossible for a consumer to convey his or her wishes. They can address symptomatic behavior, or which medications work along with those to be avoided. PADs also name who may visit, or speak with a physician, what interventions (ECT, for example) should be employed or avoided.
Consumers, family and clinicians can download templates from Duke University.
