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92AcknowledgementsThe authors thank Patricia Deegan for the <strong>in</strong>formation she provided and for hercomments on an earlier draft.AbstractThis paper presents <strong>in</strong>formation on decision aids (DAs) that mental health consumerscan use to support their participation <strong>in</strong> shared decision-mak<strong>in</strong>g. DAs are farmore readily available, and have been studied <strong>in</strong> more detail, <strong>in</strong> physical health than<strong>in</strong> mental health. The recent Institute of Medic<strong>in</strong>e and Annapolis Coalition reports,however, po<strong>in</strong>t to the importance of develop<strong>in</strong>g more and better DAs <strong>in</strong> mentalhealth. DAs may be dist<strong>in</strong>guished from other <strong>in</strong>formational materials because theypresent objective evidence and explicit alternatives, and also offer guidance <strong>in</strong> clarify<strong>in</strong>gpersonal values. DAs may be used passively, actively, or with assistance. Theymay be accessed over the Internet (<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly common), on paper, with a CD-ROM, and/or through audio or video formats. They may focus on a specific treatmentdecision or on decision-mak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> general, and they may be related to one-timedecisions or to ongo<strong>in</strong>g decision-mak<strong>in</strong>g. The paper lists sources of DAs that areavailable to the public, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g some <strong>in</strong> the mental health arena, and notes thedearth of evidence regard<strong>in</strong>g the results of their use, especially <strong>in</strong> mental health. Itconcludes by present<strong>in</strong>g a number of questions regard<strong>in</strong>g implementation of DAs <strong>in</strong>mental health care, and recommendations for consideration by the Substance Abuseand <strong>Mental</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Services Adm<strong>in</strong>istration (<strong>SAMHSA</strong>).<strong>Shared</strong> <strong>Decision</strong>-<strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Mental</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Care</strong>: Practice, Research, and Future Directions

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