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The Effectiveness of the Assertive Community Treatment Model
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2002This study sought to determine the benefits of an assertive community treatment model (ACT) versus a continuing day-treatment program (CDTP) for the treatment of chronic mentally ill patients. The study utilized a quasi-experimental design with a matched-groups comparison of outcomes achieved by patients in two community mental health centers in the ...
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1996
Abstract Since the 1960s numerous psychiatric outreach and home care programs have been developed. Of these the Training in Community Living model, developed in Madison, Wisconsin (Stein and Test, 1980, 1985), has become the most highly recognized and frequently imitated model.
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Abstract Since the 1960s numerous psychiatric outreach and home care programs have been developed. Of these the Training in Community Living model, developed in Madison, Wisconsin (Stein and Test, 1980, 1985), has become the most highly recognized and frequently imitated model.
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Psychiatric Services
In the context of increased uptake of flexible assertive community treatment (FACT)-despite a dearth of evidence on its outcomes-the authors aimed to compare the effectiveness of FACT with that of assertive community treatment (ACT) or intensive case management (ICM) for community-dwelling people experiencing serious mental illness.This quasi ...
Martin Rotenberg +11 more
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In the context of increased uptake of flexible assertive community treatment (FACT)-despite a dearth of evidence on its outcomes-the authors aimed to compare the effectiveness of FACT with that of assertive community treatment (ACT) or intensive case management (ICM) for community-dwelling people experiencing serious mental illness.This quasi ...
Martin Rotenberg +11 more
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Predictors of the Working Alliance in Assertive Community Treatment
Community Mental Health Journal, 2006Past research has found that a positive working alliance between clients and their case managers is modestly correlated with client outcomes. The current study tried to identify the predictors of the working alliance in a sample of 115 clients who were receiving services from Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams.
Robert J, Calsyn +3 more
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Effectiveness of an assertive outreach community treatment program
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 1994The purpose of this paper is to describe an Adult Community Treatment (ACT) program in Dandenong, Victoria, and its effect upon admission rates and time in hospital for 50 of the serviceapos;s most disturbed patients. The implementation of the program was associated with a reduction in the annual re-admission rate from 38% (1989–90) to 21% (1990–91 ...
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Consumers as Staff in Assertive Community Treatment Programs
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 1997The last decade has witnessed the increasing importance of consumers as providers of mental health services. Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams and ACT variants, with their emphasis on rehabilitation and support in the client's natural environment, have hosted consumer-professional collaborations. The authors discuss one such program in which an
L, Dixon, A, Hackman, A, Lehman
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Participant perspectives on satisfaction with Assertive Community Treatment.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 2004This report explores participants' satisfaction with Assertive Community Treatment Programs in Ontario, Canada through a general satisfaction questionnaire that includes three open-ended questions. Open-ended questions are a simple tool for obtaining more detail about areas of satisfaction and dissatisfaction, and responses seem to be less influenced ...
Redko, Cristina +3 more
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Assertive Community Treatment in the UK
Psychiatric Services, 2002Tom, Burns, Jocelyn, Catty
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Assertive Community Treatment: An Evaluation of the Experimental Evidence
Psychiatric Services, 1990Experimental studies of assertive community treatment programs based on the Training in Community Living model are reviewed. In most of the programs studied, interdisciplinary treatment teams met with patients in the community, taught them to take care of basic needs, and ensured that they received adequate material support and medical care. Across the
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[Assertive community treatment of psychoses].
Ugeskrift for laeger, 2000Long-term institutionalization is no longer the preferred treatment for the severely mentally ill. Several models for outpatient treatment of the severely mentally ill have been developed, among them Assertive Community Treatment (ACT). The literature on this model is reviewed in a Cochrane review and in randomized trials comparing ACT with hospital ...
M, Nordentoft, P, Vendsborg
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