We are delighted that our work is read by such influential figures in the ACT world and that they appreciate our attempt to bring scientific rigour to the area. However, we stand by our conclusions.
Tom Burns, Jocelyn Catty
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Background Problems in social functioning (e.g., unemployment, social isolation), are common in people with a psychotic disorder. Social cognition is a treatment target to improve social functioning, as it is a proximal predictor of social functioning ...
Saskia A. Nijman +8 more
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Exploratory study of the use of community treatment orders with clients of an Ontario ACT team [PDF]
Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) have raised questions about coercion, lack of autonomy, and effectiveness in reducing hospitalizations and improving service users’ quality of life. This study examined the experiences of clients and clinicians when CTOs
Dullaart, Irene +4 more
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Background Seventy per cent of patients with psychotic disorders has paranoid delusions. Paranoid delusions are associated with significant distress, hospital admission and social isolation.
M. Berkhof +11 more
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FACT: A Dutch Version of ACT [PDF]
: Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a well-defined service delivery model for the care and treatment of the most severely mentally ill in the community. We have opted for a Dutch version named Function ACT or FACT. In a FACT team, ACT is one of the
J. Remmers van Veldhuizen
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Impact of COVID-19 on the lives of people with severe mental illness-front-line community psychiatry workers observation from a provincial survey of assertive community treatment teams in Ontario, Canada. [PDF]
Kassam A +7 more
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The effect of youth assertive community treatment: a systematic PRISMA review
Background During the past decades deinstitutionalisation policies have led to a transition from inpatient towards community mental health care. Many European countries implement Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) as an alternative for inpatient care ...
Richard Vijverberg +3 more
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Addressing victimization to enable societal participation in flexible assertive community treatment: A process evaluation of the implementation of a new intervention. [PDF]
Albers WMM +4 more
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Friendship: a phenomenological exploration of the lived experience of youth and of peer support workers in Youth FACT (flexible assertive community treatment) services. [PDF]
Arvesen H +3 more
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The Work of Recovery on Two Assertive Community Treatment Teams [PDF]
The compatibility of recovery work with the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) model has been debated; and little is known about how to best measure the work of recovery.
Hopper, Kim +3 more
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