- A psychiatric advance directive (PAD) is a legal document that documents a person’s preferences for future mental health treatment, and allows appointment of a health proxy to interpret those preferences during a crisis.
- PADs may be drafted when a person is well enough to consider preferences for future mental health treatment.
- PADs are used when a person becomes unable to make decisions during a mental health crisis.
Vermont Advance Directives Registry (VADR) – Find helpful information at this website provided by the Vermont Department of Health.
Although Vermont does not currently have a specific statute for a psychiatric advance directive, you can learn more about general advance directives for health care in Vermont at the Caring Connections website.