[SophiaG]

They're for in case you get hospitalized involuntarily. They give you more say over what treatments you will be willing to accept during the hospitalization.

Psychiatric advance directive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm just curious how many people have heard of them, how many people have them and how many people would want to have one.

[Cocosurviving]

Yes, I have. I learned from Mary Ellen Copeland, WRAP program.

[boncliffkennels]

Originally Posted by SophiaG

They're for in case you get hospitalized involuntarily. They give you more say over what treatments you will be willing to accept during the hospitalization.

Psychiatric advance directive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm just curious how many people have heard of them, how many people have them and how many people would want to have one.

I have heard of them but most States do mot recognize them. The best thing/legal thing to do is have a Standard Advanced Directive drawn up as well as a POA (Power of Attorney) stating that if you are unable to make decisions about your health care, physical or mental that ALL decisions go to who ever you appoint.

[Maven]

I've heard of them, but I also found out what boncliff says.

[Perna]

Good resource center site: :: National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives

[yellowted]

I have both a psychiatric and normal one. i did them because i am totally on my own in the world, i have no one who will stand up and fight for me, so i did them just incase i need them. mine go a bit further than stating what meds i will accept, they state my allergies, all my dx's how they normally affect me, what works to alleviate symptoms, a DNR, what is to happen to my animals, and instructions not to contact family or sell my house and details of how to find my will and funeral requirements.

having all this in place gives me peace of mind that my wishes will be followed if i am unable to communicate them.

[RedBarchetta]

I have thought about a medical one but that's it..And I have no idea who to get as a POA - family I know would ignore what they know I would do, and just do whatever the h**l they wanted, anyone else wouldn't know me well enough - so basically not that I think it would come up, but Medical is easy, get as aggressive as you need to - mentally - do NOTHING under any circumstances without talking to me first, period - if you try, don't expect any cooperation regardless of anything - and you are likely to get handed a whole bunch of BS too - specifically designed to get you to leave me alone.

[ThisWayOut]

I have never heard of those, but have been offered standard advance directives every time I get checked in and any time I go to an intensive program. I was lucky enough to have family back me when I was strongly against a certain procedure that the hospital wanted to force on on... I will have to give my wife POA for the states that don't recognize our marriage... she knows what I will and will not approve of, and we are generally on the same page.