Evidence
"case management"
Feasibility and usefulness of training assertive community treatment team in CBT
This article evaluated the impact of training one ACT team in CBT techniques. This retrospective study found an ACT team who was trained in CBT would utilize CBT interventions with their clients, even after training. However, CBT interventions did not increase medication adherence or result in reductions in crisis visits and hospitalizations. Staff reported that the training was helpful in helping them better understand clients’ problems, increasing their self-confidence in dealing with clients’ problems, and improving their interventions with clients. However, they also identified several barriers to the use of CBT interventions, and these were: (a) the change in individual caseloads for some team members over time, (b) having to play multiple roles, such as driving, being an advocate, helping with shopping, and being a therapist, and (c) having to deal with crises and unexpected issues and not being able to focus on one problem. Another challenge mentioned was that clients had multiple needs and different team members were addressing different needs and this interfered with the continuity of therapy. The ACT psychiatrist and certified cognitive therapist, trained the rest of the ACT team in CBT techniques. Training consisted of 13 h of didactic and experiential training spread over a 6-month period. The training was based upon an unpublished CBT manual for case managers. The didactic training consisted of introduction to cognitive theory, cognitive case conceptualization, adapting cognitive therapy for SMIs and incorporating techniques into routine practice. The experiential training included learning various techniques, such as Socratic questioning, identifying and enhancing coping skills for positive psychotic symptoms, role-playing, and cost-benefits analysis. In addition to the didactic training, individual supervision was provided as needed and amounted to an hour every 2 weeks during the course of the study period.
Keywords:
psychotherapy
serious mental illness
case management
psychosocial treatments
evidence based practice and outcomes
cognitive-behavioural therapy (cbt)
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Pinninti, N.R., Fisher, J., Thompson, K., & Steer, R. (2010). Feasibility and usefulness of training assertive community treatment team in cognitive behavioral therapy. Community Mental Health Journal, 46, 337-341. doi: 10.1007/s10597-009-9271-y
Models of community care for severe mental illness: A review of research on case management.
Reviews results of 75 studies of community care for consumers and compares the effectiveness of ACT and intensive case management.
Keywords:
effectiveness of act
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intensive case management
community mental health services
schizophrenia/rehabilitation
schizophrenic psychology
case management
Mueser, K. T., Bond, G. R., & Drake, R. E. (1998). Models of community care for severe mental illness: A review of research on case management. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 24, 37-74.
Cost-effectiveness of Assertive Community Treatment versus standard case management for persons with co-occurring severe mental illness and substance use disorders.
Examines the cost-effectiveness of ACT in comparison to standard case management.
Keywords:
effectiveness of act
mental illness
substance use disorders
quality of life
standard case management
case management
cost-effectiveness/cost-benefit
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Clark, R. E., Teague, G. B., Ricketts, S. K., Bush, P. W., Xie, H., McGuire, T. G. et al. (1998). Cost-effectiveness of Assertive Community Treatment versus standard case management for persons with co-occurring severe mental illness and substance use disorders. Health Services Research, 33, 1285-1308.