About PADs Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are a specific type of advance directives — a legal document that allows a person to state what they want to happen with medical treatment and who they want to make decisions for them
Guide to Involuntary Treatment (LPS) Holds
(Graphic created with information from Placer County’s website.) 5150 Holds A 5150 is a 72-hour long involuntary treatment hold in a hospital or mental health facility (this is called a 5585 for minors). To be subject to a 5150 hold,
7 Communications Tips for Families Coping with Mental Illness
Persons with brain disorders can have problems with realities, be fearful, agitated and withdrawn, use poor judgment, have little motivation or empathy for you, and believe their delusions. It is difficult for family members to witness the effects of mental illness
11 Ways You Can Make Space for the Mental Illness Visiting Your Family
I like to share this quote with family members who love someone with a mental health condition: “Ask not what disease the person has, but what person the disease has.” —Sir William Osler Remember: you did not cause the illness,