assertive community treatment

(ă-sĕr′tiv)

A community-based multidisciplinary treatment approach in mental health that includes case management, team-based group decision-making, and client/family involvement.

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Fidelity assessment of Resource Group Assertive Community Treatment.

Fidelity in mental health services: clinical strategies for implementing resource groups

counseling; and home visits by assertive community treatment teams-- all

Involuntary outpatient commitment: the limits of prevention

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)--High Need * Recovery-oriented ACT team (provides illness management, supported education/employment).

Exploring the value of mixed methods within the at Home/Chez Soi housing first project: a strategy to evaluate the implementation of a complex population health intervention for people with mental illness who have been homeless

Challenges faced by service providers in the delivery of assertive community treatment.

The role of occupational therapy in working with the homeless population: an assertive outreach approach

Assertive community treatment and police-mental health teams were considered by some to be essential.

Alberta's community treatment order legislation and implementation: the first 18 months in review

Assertive community treatment (ACT)--an approach that emphasizes outreach, community tenure, practical and intensive case management, small caseloads (usually a client-worker ratio of 10 to 1), 24-hour service, and interdisciplinary teamwork (Drake et al.

Helping homeless individuals with co-occurring disorders: the four components

2001, Assertive community treatment for people with severe mental illness, Disease Management and Health Outcomes, 9, 3, 141-159.

Nouveaux parametres pour l'elaboration des pratiques de soutien communautaire: contribution des organismes communautaires et alternatifs au Quebec

These include the use of co-location of services, formal affiliations, and adaptations of assertive community treatment (ACT).

Co-morbid psychiatric and medical disorders: challenges and strategies

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is offering a new Assertive Community Treatment Knowledge Informing Transformation packet as the first in a new series of Evidence-Based Practice Information Transformation packets.

Informational KITs help promote evidence-based mental health practices

But Clubhouses, as well as other recovery-oriented, community-based options like Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) programs, offer real promise for individuals with mental illness, while at the same time saving millions of dollars for state and local governments.

Programs that work: clubhouses and ACT are proven successes. So why aren't they better known or funded?

2) Assertive Community Treatment Team for Persons Dually Diagnosed, Brockville Mental Health Centre, 2 Brockville, Ontario, Canada

PRN protocols: applying pharmacokinetic principles to practice; supporting individuals with developmental disabilities and mental health concerns in community settings

Topics covered in the chapters, which are well edited, include evidence-based practice in supported employment, assertive community treatment (ACT), family services for adults with severe mental illness, medication guidelines and algorithms in psychopharmacotherapy, psychosocial rehabilitation, individuals who are mentally ill and abuse substances, treating children and adolescents, recovery from severe mental illness, and psychosocial practitioners.

Book review of The Evidence-Based Practice: Methods, Models, and Tools for Mental Health Professionals and Evidence-Based Practice Manual: Research and Outcome Measures in Health and Human Services