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Evaluation
This article is really well organized, written and supported. The work provides substantial, timely and comprehensive information about the finer points of PADs and why they are important, as tools to ideally aide mental health consumers in both self-empowerment and to aide providers and caregivers in decision making that falls short of coercive or legal treatment demands. The work provides demonstrative insight with regard to the community need to provide adequate support to mental health consumers regarding the development of PADs and further refinement of PAD legislation and laws. The article is very clear and comprehensive in its preliminary discussion and the multivariate correlate hypothesis offers a great deal of insight into the impetus and usefulness of PADs and the information and assurances they might ideally provide all involved.
Reaction
Reading the article allowed me to see how PADs could successfully be utilized to aide mental health practitioners in supporting the autonomy of those with severe mental illness. Ultimately PADs could provide mental health care practitioners a window into the...
Post release mandates could be a wise choice for the future, regarding PADs, especially for those who have had the unfortunate experience of obtaining mental health treatment by coercion or legal mandate. The article was also extremely well laid out with regard to the background of PADs and how they exists in different legal forms across the nation.
Applicability
Psychiatric nurse practitioners could serve an important function in providing the assistance needed for individuals to develop and legalize PADs for future care. As community mental health care providers PNS could help develop resources and referrals as well as community education programs designed specifically to meet the needs of this hard to treat population.
References
Swanson, J., Swartz, M., Ferron, J., Elbogen, E., & Van Dorn, R. (2006). Psychiatric Advance Directives among Public Mental Health Consumers in Five U.S. Cities: Prevalence, Demand, and Correlates. The Journal of American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 34 (1), 43-57.
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