HealthDay (8/22) reports, “Peer worker-facilitated psychiatric advance directives (PW-PAD) are effective for decreasing compulsory hospital admissions among people with mental disorders,” investigators concluded in a 394-patient study that enrolled “adults with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder, or schizoaffective disorder who had a compulsory admission in the past 12 months.” The findings were published online June 6 in JAMA Psychiatry.
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— “Psychiatric Advance Directives Effective for Mental Disorders, HealthDay, August 22, 2022