Brief history, current status, and future place of assertive community treatment

Article Abstract:

Assertive community treatment is a novel mental health service approach that employs a multidisciplinary group composed of case managers, vocational rehabilitation specialists, social workers, nurses and psychiatrists. It intends to make sure that every patient gets all the required services to maintain the highest achievable quality of life. Its future is dependent on how certain issues, including financing, integration within existing mental health programs, identification of key service components, training of clinicians and quality assurance, are addressed.

Community health services, Community-based rehabilitation

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Links between research findings and the future of assertive community treatment: a commentary

Article Abstract:

Researches on the assertive community treatment (ACT) approach to mental health service revealed several concerns that must be addressed to expand ACT. The issues include costs, policy context, outcomes measurement, quality monitoring, duration of care, intensity of service and eligibility criteria. Further investigations may facilitate the expansion of ACT and the success of the programs of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill if the contextual factors related to research results are resolved.

Social policy, Mental illness, Mental disorders, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Community-based corrections

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