Advance directives and mental disorders: a  practice recommendation of the Commission for Ethics and Law of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

DISCUSSION: The DGPPN has developed an advance directive for the area of mental health and published it on its website together with detailed explanations. With the help of this advance directive, people can decide on their treatment in phases of incapacity to consent in the context of a mental crisis or illness.PMID:38700600 | DOI:10.1007/s00115-024-01662-0

Source: Der Nervenarzt - May 3, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Sabine M üller Jakov Gather Euphrosyne Gouzoulis-Mayfrank Tanja Henking Matthias Koller Henning Sa ß Tilman Steinert Thomas Pollm ächer Source Type: research