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A publication of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law; includes forms to guide in the planning and writing of psychiatric advance directives.
http://www.omh.ny.gov/omhweb/consumer_affairs/resources/docs/advance_directive.pdf
Information on psychiatric advance directives from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.
http://www.bazelon.org/Where-We-Stand/Self-Determination/Advance-Directives.aspx
National resource center for consumers, family members and health professional seeking to plan and write psychiatric advance directives.
"The ASAP Guidebook is a companion to the Advanced Self Advocacy Plan, which addresses mental health planning needs in a simple, inviting, and easy-to-use format: it discusses inpatient treatment options, and contains information about keeping personal responsibilities – finances, employment, education, mail, the care of children, etc. - on track during periods of crisis or hospitalization."
--The Temple Collaborative on Community Inclusion for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities
"The Advance Self-Advocacy Plan (ASAP) is an easy-to-use customizable plan for people who want to create a Psychiatric Advanced Directive or Mental Health Crisis Plan: it is a practical and use-friendly tool that can be used by people with mental illnesses to keep them ‘in the driver’s seat’ with regard to their own psychiatric care and personal life – even in times of psychiatric crises."
-Temple Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities
Advance Directives
