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.
Nevada Mental Health Resources
Nevada Living Will statute link
The statute as it appears on the state legislature website
Nevada Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care statute link
The statute as it appears on the state legislature website
Nevada Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care statute as as pdf
Nevada Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care form
Although Nevada does not currently have a specific statute for a psychiatric advance directive, you can learn more about general advance directives for health care in Nevada at the Caring Connections website.
Nevada 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.