Editing Advance healthcare directive (section)

====Barriers====

National surveys in the United States indicate that although approximately 70% of people targeted by coercive psychiatry laws would want a PAD if offered assistance in completing one, less than 10% have actually completed a PAD.<ref>"Psychiatric Advance Directives Among Public Mental Health Consumers in Five U.S. Cities: Prevalence, Demand, and Correlates" Jeffrey W. Swanson, Marvin S. Swartz, Joelle Feron, Eric B. Elbogen, and Richard Van Dorn.  The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Volume 34, Number 1, 2006</ref>

In a survey conducted of 600 [[psychiatrists]], [[psychologists]], and [[social workers]] showed that the vast majority thought advance care planning for crises would help improve patients' overall mental health care.<ref>"Clinical Decision Making and Views About Psychiatric Advance Directives" Eric B. Elbogen, Marvin S. Swartz, Richard Van Dorn, Jeffrey W. Swanson, Mimi Kim, and Anna Scheyett Psychiatric Services, Volume 57, Number 3: 350-355, March 2006</ref>  Further, the more clinicians knew about PAD laws, the more favorable were their attitudes toward these practices.  For instance, while most [[psychiatrists]], [[social workers]], and [[psychologists]] surveyed believed PADs would be helpful to people detained and targeted for forced drugging and electroshock when labeled with severe [[mental illnesses]], clinicians with more legal knowledge about PAD laws were more likely to endorse PADs as a beneficial part of patients' treatment planning.

Many clinicians reported not knowing enough about how PADs work and specifically indicated they lacked resources to readily help patients fill out PADs or to help their clients develop crisis plans.