LibGuides: Mental Health: Supported decision making in mental health

Mental Health Update: Supported decision making in mental health

This is a library guide to resources about supported decision making in mental health. This guide has been updated in line with the Victorian Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022, which says:

Supported decision making practices are to be promoted. Persons receiving mental health wellbeing services are to be supported to make decisions and to be involved in decisions about their assessment, treatment and recovery including when they are receiving compulsory treatment. The views and preferences of the person receiving mental health and wellbeing services are to be given priority.

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Contact: helen.wilding@svha.org.au Last update: 26 September 2023
Related guide: Advance statements in mental health

Supported decision making in the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 (Victoria)

Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2020 (Victoria)
Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 Handbook (Victoria)
Supported Decision Making, Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 Handbook

Feature articles - supported decision making

Australia and New Zealand

*Use of advance directives to promote supported decision-making in mental health care: Implications of international trends for reform in New Zealand. Lenagh-Glue J, Dawson J, Potiki J et al. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2023, 57(5):636-641
From substitute to supported decision making: Practitioner, community and service-user perspectives on privileging will and preferences in mental health care. Gordon S, Gardiner T, Gledhill K et al. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022, 19(10)
Estranged relations: Coercion and care in narratives of supported decision-making in mental healthcare. Stone M, Kokanovic R, Callard F et al. Medical humanities, 2020, 46(1):62-72
Community treatment orders and supported decision-making. Brophy L, Kokanovic R, Flore J et al. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019, 10(JUN)
"A real bucket of worms": Views of people living with dementia and family members on supported decision-making. Sinclair C, Gersbach K, Hogan M et al. Journal of bioethical inquiry, 2019, 16(4):587-608
*Supported decision-making from the perspectives of mental health service users, family members supporting them and mental health practitioners. Kokanovic R, Brophy L, McSherry B et al. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2018, 52(9):826-833

Europe

*Psychologists' perspectives on supported decision making in Ireland. Rogers E, Pilch M, McGuire BE et al. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2020, 64(3):234-245
*Supported decision making for people with mental health disorders in clinical practice: A systematic review. Penzenstadler L, Molodynski A, Khazaal Y. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 2020, 24(1):3-9
What are the mechanisms that support healthcare professionals to adopt assisted decision-making practice? A rapid realist review. Davies C, Fattori F, O'Donnell D et al. BMC health services research, 2019, 19(1):960
Supported decision making in the prevention of compulsory interventions in mental health care. Zinkler M. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019, 10(MAR)

Japan

*How do psychiatrists in Japan choose involuntary admission, and what do they think of supported decision making? A thematic analysis of peer to peer interviews. Sugiura K, Morita Y, Kawakami N et al. Community mental health journal, 2023, 59(4):654-663

United Kingdom

Shared and supported decision making in medication in a mental health setting: How far have we come? Pappa S, Barnett J, Gomme S et al. Community mental health journal, 2021, 57(8):1566-1578
An end to coercion: Rights and decision-making in mental health care. Sugiura K, Mahomed F, Saxena S et al. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2020, 98(1):52-58
Legal capacity, mental capacity and supported decision-making: Report from a panel event. Craigie J, Bach M, Gurbai S et al. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 2019, 62:160-168

Setting the scene - collaborative decision making in mental health

Lived experience perspective

Mental Health and Supported Decision Making: Lived Experience Perspectives. Healthtalk Australia. Website.

(a key resource full of videos about understanding experiences, diagnosis, navigating services, treatments, supported decision making and increasing participation)

Shared decision making vs supported decision making

Spot the difference: Shared decision-making and supported decision-making in mental health. Simmons MB, Gooding PM. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2017, 34(4):275-286

Examples of supported decision making

Supported decision making in Victoria. Office of the Public Advocate (Victoria), 2020.

Other aspects of decision making

Attitudes

Influence of mental health professionals' attitudes and personality traits on decision-making around coercion: Results from an experimental quantitative survey using case vignettes. Efkemann SA, Scholten M, Bottlender R et al. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2022, 24:24

Barriers and enablers

*Investigating the impact of cognitive bias in nursing documentation on decision-making and judgement. Martin K, Bickle K, Lok J. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2022, 31(4):897-907
*Involuntary psychiatric hospitalization: How patient characteristics affect decision-making. Bhalla IP, Siegel K, Chaudhry M et al. Psychiatric Quarterly, 2022, 93(1):297-310
The impact of workplace culture on the accountability of mental health nurses to involve consumers in care planning: A focused ethnography. Rio JHM, Fuller J, Taylor K et al. Nursing & Health Sciences, 2021, 23(1):255-262

Capacity

Decision-making capacity in healthcare: Instruments review and reflections about its assessment in the elderly with cognitive impairment and dementia. Amaral AS, Afonso RM, Simoes MR et al. Psychiatric Quarterly, 2022, 93:35-53

Electroconvulsive therapy

What are the ethical dilemmas in the decision-making processes of nursing people given electroconvulsive therapy? A critical realist review of qualitative evidence. Sweetmore V. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 2022, 29(2):204-219
Decision making and support available to individuals considering and undertaking electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): A qualitative, consumer-led study. Wells K, Scanlan JN, Gomez L et al. BMC Psychiatry, 2018, 18(1):236

Interventions

Effectiveness of patient decision aids in women considering psychotropic medication use during pregnancy: A literature review. Broughton LC, Medlicott NJ, Smith AJ. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 2021, 24(4):569-578
Enhancing clients’ communication regarding goals for using psychiatric medications. Patricia E. Deegan, Elizabeth Carpenter-Song, Robert E. Drake et al. Psychiatric Services, 2017

Needs

Treatment decision-making needs among emerging adults with early psychosis. Thomas EC, Suarez J, Lucksted A et al. Early intervention in psychiatry, 2022, 16(1):78-90
*A qualitative exploration of patient and family views and experiences of treatment decision-making in bipolar II disorder. Fisher A, Manicavasagar V, Sharpe L et al. Journal of Mental Health, 2018, 27(1):66-79

Peer support

‘Walking the tightrope’: The role of peer support workers in facilitating consumers’ participation in decision‐making. Cleary M, Raeburn T, Escott P et al. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2018
Two approaches, one goal: How mental health registered nurses' perceive their role and the role of peer support workers in facilitating consumer decision‐making. Cleary M, Raeburn T, West S et al. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2018