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Psychiatric Advance Directives for Improved Mental Health Care

NCT00105794 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 360

Last updated 2015-04-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

During a psychiatric crisis, persons with severe mental illness (SMI) confront complex challenges concerning treatment choices and are often ill equipped or unable to make mental health care decisions. Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs) are legal documents that allow competent persons to declare their treatment preferences in advance of a mental health crisis, when they may lose capacity to make reliable health care decisions. The use of PADs is consistent with recommendations of the President�s New Freedom Commission on Mental Illness and the Patient Self-Determination Act; 25 states have now adopted PAD legislation. VA does not have a specific policy for PADs or mechanisms to notify veterans of their right to prepare PADs. The downstream effects of PADs on patient care, crisis management, service use, and clinical outcomes are unknown.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Psychiatric Advance Directives intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer L. Strauss, BA MS PhD · Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-03-31
Completion
2007-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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