Advance Directive For Mental Health Care Page 6
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13You might become unable to make mental health decisions if severe
depression, bipolar disorder, schizo-affective disorder or schizophrenia affects
your mood or thought process, or dementia affects your memory.
Symptoms of a condition from which you suffer might get worse because
of stress, failure to take prescribed medication, or taking a medication wrongly
prescribed.
Who determines I am not able to give informed consent?
After examining you, a physician and a mental health professional (who
can be a physician, psychologist, registered nurse or masters-level social worker)
must each make the determination in respect to mental health treatment.
You may in the document choose the physician and mental health
professional you wish to make this determination.
Are there any powers I can give my patient advocate immediately?
Yes. You can give your patient advocate the right to look at your medical
and mental health records whenever necessary.
What powers concerning my treatment can I give a patient advocate?
Generally, you can give a patient advocate power to make those mental
health decisions you normally make for yourself.
You can, for example, give your patient advocate permission to arrange
outpatient therapy, to agree to or refuse medicine, and to sign you in for inpatient
treatment.
It is very important to clearly choose in the document those powers you
are giving your patient advocate.
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