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    Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation by Nicholas Karasik

    Published 2023-08-01
    “…This takes on greater weight in treating patients experiencing a psychiatric episode when the threat and use of coercive treatment options are frequent.[34] Moreover, a report in North Carolina has uncovered a "culture of commitment" whereby providers routinely and reflexively override patient PADs through the legal execution of involuntary commitment.[35] This is despite the affirmation of the autonomy of psychiatric patients by the US District Court in Vermont, which concluded in Hargrave v. Vermont that clinicians could not overrule written directives regarding mental health treatment in non-emergency situations.[36] Although the invalidation of a PAD occurs during treatment, well after discussing and creating it, providers holding the view that PADs are of little utility may not accurately or effectively discuss their relevant features with patients. …”
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