assertive community treatment (ACT)
Identifying barriers to mental health system improvements: an examination of community participation in assertive community treatment programs
... of community-based men- tal health services are to be ...of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) programs, a second iteration of program standards has recently been developed in Ontario, Canada ...
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Enhancing assertive community treatment with cognitive behavioral social skills training for schizophrenia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams, commonly available to persons with schizophrenia in public sector community practice settings, results in better consumer ...
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Hospitalisation of severely mentally ill patients with and without problematic substance use before and during Assertive Community Treatment: an observational cohort study
... whereas Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) generally reduces hospitalisation in patients with severe mental illness and high inpatient service ...
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Ten year outcomes of participants in the REACT (Randomised Evaluation of Assertive Community Treatment in North London) study
... of Assertive Community Treatment in North London (REACT) study assessed outcomes for 251 people ran- domly assigned to receive either ACT or standard case management from community mental ...
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Assertive Community Treatment for alcohol dependence (ACTAD): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... on treatment of alcohol dependence rather than accompanying pro- ...blems. Assertive Community Treatment therefore offers a potential advantages for engaging patients in treat- ment, ...
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Hospitalization of high and low inpatient service users before and after enrollment into Assertive Community Treatment teams: a naturalistic observational study
... The Norwegian teams’ fidelity to the ACT model was assessed using the Tool for Measurement of Assertive Community Treatment (TMACT) [8]. The TMACT comprises 47 items, giving six subscales; ...
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Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and ACT-like services : associations with primary care, general medical services, and rural areas
... in Community Living model, which was later renamed the Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT, also known as ACT), over 30 years ago in Wisconsin (Stein and Test ...
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Assertive Community Treatment For People With Alcohol Dependence : A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
... Assertive community treatment (ACT) is a model of case management which has been shown to be effective in improving engagement and retaining those with serious mental illness and those with alcohol ...
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Model fidelity and team members’ experiences of assertive community treatment in Norway: a sequential mixed-methods study
... Assertive community treatment (ACT) was developed in the 1970s as a “hospital without walls” to achieve bet- ter functioning in the community for people with severe mental illness ...
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The Clinical Strategies Implementation Scale Revised (CSI R) Fidelity Assessment of Resource Group Assertive Community Treatment
... the treatment of per- sons with schizophrenia spectrum disorders according to Resource-group Assertive Community Treatment ...outpatient community mental health teams, ...
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Assertive community treatment for elderly people with severe mental illness
... of assertive community treatment for the elderly with those of care as ...for treatment and at least four suspected problems with functioning (addiction, ...
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Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in a population served by assertive community treatment teams: a retrospective chart review
... Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed to determine the MetS prevalence and antipsychotic prescribing patterns for patients followed by 2 assertive community treatment teams (ACTTs; n = ...
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Fifteen month follow up of an assertive community treatment program for chronic patients with mental illness
... The ACT case-management program included a team leader and a psychiatrist working within a multidisciplin- ary team approach involving team meetings, registration information, 24 h availability, crisis intervention ...
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The effectiveness of assertive community treatment for elderly patients with severe mental illness: a randomized controlled trial
... a community-based treatment approach for out- patients whose SMI results in difficulties in daily living activities and social functioning often including prob- lems with relationships, physical health, ...
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The effect of youth assertive community treatment: a systematic PRISMA review
... home-based treatment (obliga- tory), (b) small caseload (size < 10), (c) patients difficult to reach, (d) transition (from clinic to home) case manage- ment, (e) early intervention, (f) psychiatric assessment ...
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Increased influence and collaboration: a qualitative study of patients’ experiences of community treatment orders within an assertive community treatment setting
... whether treatment that cannot be refused is ethically justifiable [41, ...use assertive and controlling tech- ...promoting treatment goals [43, ...
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Engagement in assertive community treatment as experienced by recovering clients with severe mental illness and concurrent substance use
... accepting treatment initially was salient in our participants’ ...no treatment at ...that treatment needs are met, so that the risk of harm to self or others is minimized ...
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Building flexibility and managing complexity in community mental health: lessons learned in a large urban centre
... Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams in the province of Ontario, Canada have been systematically im- plemented since 1998, with 79 ACT teams currently in operation ...accessing community ...
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Effectiveness of an intervention for managing victimization risks related to societal participation for persons with severe mental illness: a cluster RCT study protocol
... Flexible Assertive Community Treatment (F-ACT) teams from two mental health care (MHC) organizations in the Netherlands are included in the ...
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The resource group method in severe mental illness: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial and a qualitative multiple case study
... Optimal Treatment (OT) model, which integrates biomedical, psychological and social strategies in the management of SMI [29, ...the community” was regarded as a central element of the OT model, and was ...
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