assertive community treatment


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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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Criminal justice involvement, behavioral health service use, and costs of forensic assertive community treatment: a randomized trial.
Caring for patients on probation or parole: Promoting stability in the community can reduce recidivism and re-incarceration
EG: assertive community treatment (ACT) (2006) [48] and individual placement and support (IPS) (ACT is an intensive and integrated approach for community mental health services) CG: supported employment program (usual vocational and mental health services provided by local agencies) (b) Howard et al.
EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM DISORDER: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS
Techniques used by assertive community treatment (ACT) teams to encourage adherence: patient and staff perceptions.
Perception and use of informal coercion in outpatient treatment: a focus group study with mental health professionals of Latin culture
Involving clients and their relatives and friends in psychiatric care: Case managers' experiences of training in resource group assertive community treatment. PsyCh Journal, 1, 15-27.
Fidelity in mental health services: clinical strategies for implementing resource groups
Economic impacts of assertive community treatment: a review of the literature.
Intervencion de la esquizofrenia desde el modelo comunitario
people who received assertive community treatment with a court order to
Involuntary outpatient commitment: the limits of prevention
Randomised evaluation of assertive community treatment: 3-year outcomes.
Contemporary mental health rehabilitation
It also might include the Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA), family and couples therapy and assertive community treatment (ACT), depending on patients' clinical and demographic presentations.
It's not 1960 anymore: A more balanced model is needed to optimize recovery potential today
It has been suggested that service characteristics impact heavily engagement, referring to practical details of everyday practice, such as organizing follow-up appointments, or to the level of the whole service organization, such as assertive community treatment [11].
Treatment engagement of psychotic patients with a mobile mental health unit in rural areas in Greece: a five-year study
And in a time of budget cuts, states are cutting back on enhanced services like Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams and recovery-oriented programs.
'Moments' separate treatment from tragedy: when violence stems from mental illness, meds may be first step in treatment
Dixon described the Connection program as a cross between Critical Time Intervention programs, Assertive Community Treatment interventions, employment agencies, and drop-in centers.
RAISE: early intervention in schizophrenia put to the test
(5) For participants with the greatest support needs, HF provides case management using the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) model, which delivers proactive, intensive, community-based support, often in the individual's own residence, available around the clock if necessary, and with close cooperation between the ACT team and inpatient services when needed.
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
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