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Mississippi Advance Health Care Directive/Power of Attorney for Health Care statute as a pdfPDF

Mississippi Advance Health Care Directive/Power of Attorney for Health Care form pdfPDF 

Although Mississippi  does not currently have a specific statute for a psychiatric advance directive, you can learn more about general advance directives for health care in Mississippi at the Caring Connections website. 

Mississippi Mental Health Resources -  Find helpful information at this website provided by the National Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.  

If you know of any relevant current legislation, pending legislation, or general issues of interest relating to psychiatric advance directives in your state, click here to contact us.

 
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The National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives is a collaboration between The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center and the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, funded by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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