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Differential treatment of individuals with mental health conditions in high-consequence decision-making: a comparison of policy on advance directives and assisted suicide in three European countries [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychiatry
While both assisted suicide and advance directives relate to potentially high-consequence decision-making, the procedures for assisted suicide requests and expressing preferences through an advance directive typically place such processes outside of ...
Sophie Gloeckler, Matthé Scholten, Nikola Biller-Andorno   +2 more
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Psychiatric Advance Directives: An Analysis of Current Usage at a Large County Hospital [PDF]

Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice
Background/Purpose Approximately one third of adults in the United States complete a Medical Advance Directive in their lifetime. However, few complete a Psychiatric Advance Directive (PAD), despite the high prevalence of psychiatric illness.
Vivek Mathesh, Kayla Murphy, Mashal Ali, Natalie Provenzale, Christopher Clark, Joan Reisch, Abhisek Khandai, Moises Narvaez, Mustafa M. Husain   +8 more
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Establishing a peer advisory board in a mental health ethics research group – challenges, benefits, facilitators and lessons learned [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychiatry
While participatory methods are regarded as beneficial in many areas of psychiatric research, they are still rarely considered in the field of mental health ethics.
Mirjam Faissner, Mirjam Faissner, Esther Braun, Esther Braun, Simone Agnes Efkemann, Anne-Sophie Gaillard, Iris Haferkemper, Christin Hempeler, Imke Heuer, Ursula Lux, Sarah Potthoff, Sarah Potthoff, Matthé Scholten, Sylvia Spiegel, Christina Stefaniak, Madeleine Thesing, Anna Werning, Jakov Gather, Jakov Gather   +18 more
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Amend the Mental Health Care Act 2017: A Survey of Indian psychiatrists (Part 2) [PDF]

Indian Journal of Psychiatry
Background: Information about the experience of practicing psychiatrists with the use of the Mental Health Care Act (MHCA), 2017, India, after 5 years of its promulgation has not been available.
Savita Malhotra, Shruti Srivastava, K.P Jayaprakashan, Mahesh R. Gowda, Nidhi Sharma, Mohan R. Gopalan, Vidyadhar G. Watve, Imon Paul   +7 more
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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation

Voices in Bioethics, 2023
Photo by 168502358© Designer491|Dreamstime.com ABSTRACT Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs) can protect the autonomy of those living with severe mental illness (SMI) and improve their treatment outcomes.
Nicholas Karasik
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Opportunities and challenges of self-binding directives: A comparison of empirical research with stakeholders in three European countries

European Psychiatry, 2023
Background Self-binding directives (SBDs) are psychiatric advance directives that include a clause in which mental health service users consent in advance to involuntary hospital admission and treatment under specified conditions.
Matthé Scholten, Simone A. Efkemann, Mirjam Faissner, Marleen Finke, Jakov Gather, Tania Gergel, Astrid Gieselmann, Lia van der Ham, Georg Juckel, Laura van Melle, Gareth Owen, Sarah Potthoff, Lucy A. Stephenson, George Szmukler, Astrid Vellinga, Jochen Vollmann, Yolande Voskes, Anna Werning, Guy Widdershoven   +18 more
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Opportunities and risks of self-binding directives: A qualitative study involving stakeholders and researchers in Germany

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
PurposeSelf-binding directives (SBDs) are a special type of psychiatric advance directive in which mental health service users can consent in advance to involuntary hospital admission and involuntary treatment during future mental health crises.
Sarah Potthoff, Marleen Finke, Matthé Scholten, Astrid Gieselmann, Astrid Gieselmann, Jochen Vollmann, Jakov Gather, Jakov Gather   +7 more
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Opportunities and challenges of self-binding directives: an interview study with mental health service users and professionals in the Netherlands

BMC Medical Ethics, 2023
Background Self-binding directives (SBDs) are psychiatric advance directives that include the possibility for service users to consent in advance to compulsory care in future mental health crises.
Laura van Melle, Lia van der Ham, Yolande Voskes, Guy Widdershoven, Matthé Scholten   +4 more
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The Right to Choose

Voices in Bioethics, 2021
Photo by Diana Polekhina on Unsplash ABSTRACT With the increasing legalization of MAiD across the world, the question of whether psychiatric patients with refractory mental illness should have access to this health service is a topic of ethical ...
Laila Knio
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Organ donation after euthanasia in a patient living with dementia: a landmark case report

Frontiers in Dementia, 2023
BackgroundOrgan donation after euthanasia (ODE) has been performed over 100 times in the Netherlands, primarily involving patients suffering from a neurodegenerative or psychiatric disease.
Nathalie van Dijk, Fabiënne Vliegen, Angelique Ham, Wim de Jongh, Freek Jan Berkhout, Jeroen Blankevoort, Rankie ten Hoopen, Jan Bollen, Walther van Mook   +8 more
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