Self-Directed Care

What is Self-Directed Care?

This document provides a description of the Self-directed care is a way of managing mental health services that puts people with mental health issues in charge of how their mental health funds are spent.

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Psychiatric Advance Directives: Pros, Cons, and Next Steps

Psychiatric Advance Directives provide an individual with psychiatric disabilities the opportunity, when healthy, to express their treatment preferences when they are not well. These materials discuss the pros and cons, and offers tips for those who use PADS or implement PADs for others.

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Self-Directed Care

Making Self Directed Care a Reality

The Temple University Collaborative and the Center for Mental Health Services Research and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, invite you to view a webinar detailing two new manuals on self-directed care.

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In the Driver’s Seat: A Guide to Self-Directed Mental Health Care

Self-directed care programs in the mental health field allow consumers to better control the use of public dollars on the services they receive. This document answers key questions about self-directed care, and programmatic guidelines.

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Advanced Self Advocacy Plan – A Planning Document

The Advance Self-Advocacy Plan (ASAP) is an easy-to-use plan for people who want to create a Psychiatric Advanced Directive or Mental Health Crisis Plan. It is a user-friendly tool that can be used by people with mental illnesses to keep them in the drivers seat.’

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Advanced Self Advocacy Plan – A Guidebook

The ASAP Guidebook is a companion to the Advanced Self Advocacy Plan. It discusses inpatient treatment options, and contains information about keeping personal responsibilities finances, employment, education, mail, the care of children, etc. on track during periods of crisis or hospitalization.

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A Guide to Creating Self-Directed Care Programming

The Temple University Collaborative partnered with the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania on this manual that provides a detailed review of a novel and successful self-directed care program that is currently being offered in Pennsylvania.

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