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About this Resource:  This product is a Spanish language translation of our original resource on Psychiatric Advance Directives (PAD), an infographic meant to accompany the webinar on PADs given by Dr. Marvin Swartz. During the webinar, Dr. Swartz engaged participants in understanding Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs) as a promising crisis and recovery tool. He discussed the legal origins of PADs and how they evolved for use in mental health settings. He also discussed the implementation challenges in getting PADS into routine practice. This translated resource can be used by providers who wish to share PAD information to primarily Spanish-speaking clients and patients.   Acknowledgement: A special thank you to the National Hispanic and Latino MHTTC for their assistance in developing this resource. 

About this Resource:  This infographic provides an overview of Psychiatric Advance Directives, including the challenges and benefits of implementing within a clinical setting and the statutes allowing for psychiatric advance instructions within the Region IV states. 

Learning Objectives: present the steps of developing a safety plan, with special considerations of the limitations imposed by the current pandemic; risk management including the use of involuntary commitment in clients experiencing psychosis; crisis planning and potential harm reduction strategies to decrease risk of violence for when clients have encounters with law enforcement.

About the Event:  Dr. Marvin Swartz engaged participants in understanding Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs) as a promising crisis and recovery tool. He discussed the legal origins of PADs and how they evolved for use in mental health settings. He also discussed the implementation challenges in getting PADS into routine practice.    Key Learning Objectives:  1. List the potential benefits of Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs).  2. Summarize the origins and rational for Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs).  3. Discuss approaches for overcoming barriers to implementation of Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs).    Resource: A new SAMHSA app provides an easy, step-by-step process for individuals to create and share a psychiatric advance directive (PAD). Learn more.   About the Presenter:  Marvin Swartz, MD, is a Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine. His major research interest is in examining the effectiveness of services for severely mentally ill individuals, including factors that improve or impede good outcomes. His current research includes: the effectiveness of involuntary outpatient commitment, psychiatric advance directives, criminal justice outcomes for persons with mental illnesses, violence and mental illness, and anti-psychotic medications. Dr. Swartz served as a member of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Mandated Community Treatment examining the role legal tools such as psychiatric advance directives may play in improving outcomes for persons with severe mental illness.     

This document was created to help assess and implement policies in systems.  

  This document was created to use when developing policies that support advance directives in recovery-oriented systems.   

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