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Page 1 of 2 Do consumers need to have competency assessed when they write a PAD? Outside of the one state that requires this (Indiana), this requirement would seem unfair in a way since non-mentally ill people certainly don’t need to have their competency assess when they write advance directives. On the other hand, non-mentally ill people might chose to have their competency assessed, for instance, if someone is writing a will to make sure the will is seen as legitimate later on. What should a consumer do?
Readers have left 9 comments.  1. UntitledJason, UnregisteredThis shoudl not even be an issue, if the law says I can write what I want, then why should I have to have someone 'approve' it. I don't see why I would have to prove I am competent. 2. linguistics resourceGuest, Unregistered "consumers" and non-mentally ill people
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239-275-5798 3. Human Being and Friend of other Human Beings!Janie Lee, M.Ed., Unregistered There is no valid and reliable conclusive medical scientific evidence available for doing what this system does, the fact is that this is slander and intimidation for purposes of mind and social control and that is all it is it is not a brain disease or in need of medical treatments. The fact is that this treatment is the problem and is what is actually causing the most of it. No one has a constitutional right to slander another human being by calling them names for purposes of ruining their reputation or to push harmful and injurious treatments on another human being or they should not have so this question is null and void in my eyes. 4. Human Being and Friend of other Human Beings!Guest, Unregistered http://home.earthlink.net/~people-of-courage/
5. solution: have doctor or therapist witness for you!!luvcats, Unregistered In our state, one of your witnesses can be a health care provider. So to prevent any challenge to my advance directive, I had my psychiatrist sign the doc as a witness, and had my brother be the other witness. I would say if your advance directive is really unusual, you may want to have your doc do a mini mental status form (I think that is the name for it) and put it in your medical file the day you have your doc witnessed/notarized. 6. I think it is sad that you would call it extremeJanie Lee, M.Ed., Unregistered I am telling you all that anyone that wishes to use coercion and force against me better be ready for a lawsuit from me for defamation of character, I am serious about wanting restitution for the false treatment that has been coerced on me in the past when no one had any honest evidence for what they did, it was a joke only it wasn't funny to me, no one has any right to use this kind of treatment on me ever again no matter what, I would rather sit in jail for ten years first. Hopefully I wouldn't have to I have not done anything wrong and don't intend to, but the fact is that would be better then any of this treatment! That is honest!
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