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NAMI's Position on the Issue: |
NAMI's Position on Psychiatric Advance Directives
PADs should be considered as a way to empower consumers to take a more active role in their treatment, and as a way to avoid conflicts over treatment and medication issues. |
Other Resources: |
National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives (NRC-PAD)
The NRC-PAD provides consumers with mental illness, their family members, clinicians, and policy-makers with key information about PADs, including PAD forms, links to statutes, educational webcasts, discussion forums, FAQs, and current research. | States with Psychiatric Advance Directives
List of states that have specifically authorized PADs as of June 1, 2003, with links for more information. | Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Forms for creating psychiatric advance directives, FAQs, an informational folder "Power in Planning: Self Determination through Advance Directives" | NMHA Psychiatric Advance Directives Toolkit
Resources from the National Mental Health Association | Advance Directives
An article by Ron Honberg, NAMI's National Director for Policy and Legal Affairs |
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