About PADs
- 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.
Illinois Forms
Illinois Psychiatric Advance Directive/Attorney-in-fact for Mental Health Treatment form
Illinois Powers of Attorney for Health Care
“A Guide To Advance Directives:Deciding Your Future Mental HealthTreatment”
Created by the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission