Psychiatric News (9/1) reports, “When patients complete psychiatric advance directives…they tend to document clear and comprehensive mental health treatment preferences,” and “also rarely use the documents to refuse all psychiatric medications in advance,” investigators concluded in a 42-study systematic review encompassing 4,633 participants. The findings were published online Aug. 30 in Psychiatric Services, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.
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— “Patients Provide Clear Preferences in Psychiatric Advance Directives, Review Finds, Psychiatric News, September 1, 2022