title: Pushing the envelope: shared decision making in mental health.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article reviews the literature on shared decision making in health and mental health and discusses tools in general health that are proposed for adaptation and use in mental health.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To offer findings from literature and a product development process to help inform/guide those who wish to create or implement materials for shared decision making in mental health.
  
  
  METHODS
  Published literature and research on issues related to shared decision making in health and mental health, focus groups, and product testing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Structured shared decision making in mental health shows promise in supporting service user involvement in critical decision making and provides a process to open all treatment and service decisions to informed and respectful dialogue.
authors.affiliation: Advocates for Human Potential, Inc., Montpelier, VT 05602, USA. lcurtis@ahpnet.com
authors.forename: Laurie C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: Susan Milstrey
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: Darby J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Penney
authors.forename: Sushmita Shoma
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ghose
authors.forename: Lisa A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Mistler
authors.forename: Irma H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Mahone
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delphin-Rittmon
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: del Vecchio
authors.forename: Stacey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lesko
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003068:Coercion; D003657:Decision Making; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D026706:Paternalism; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010358:Patient Participation