title: Psychiatric advance directives: perspectives of community stakeholders.
abstract: The present study compares the familiarity with and attitudes about psychiatric advance directives among multiple community stakeholders in two Ohio communities. One community was involved in a pilot psychiatric advance directive education project, and one was not. A total of 272 legal and law enforcement personnel, clergy, healthcare professionals, mental health professionals, consumers, and family members completed a newly developed measure of opinions about psychiatric advance directives. Results indicate significant differences in opinions among members of the various stakeholder groups, and implications for advance directive education are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Program for Recovery and Community Health, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, USA. maria.oconnell@yale.edu
authors.forename: Maria J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: O'Connell
authors.forename: Catherine H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003256:Community Participation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009820:Ohio; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011570:Psychiatry; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires