For Patients & Consumers
- How shared decision-making works
- How it helps you
- Preparing for appointments
- Your goals matter
- Getting my doctor to listen
- My doctor and I don't agree
For Doctors & Providers
- What is shared decision-making?
- Why is it needed?
- Advantages in mental health treatment
- Using decision aids
- Practical issues
- Competency and credibility
- Power and Coercion
For Both
Checklist
Download this checklist and print out some copies. Before each appointment with your doctor, fill one out and bring it with you. You can refer to it to keep track of what you want to tell the doctor, and you can show it to the doctor to save time during the appointment.
