Evidence
"effectiveness of act"
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.
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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.
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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.
Assertive Community Treatment Literature Review.
Provides a detailed overview of ACT and the outcomes associated with the evidence-based practice. The implementation issues are also discussed in great detail, with particular attention to issues related to staffing, financing, and geographical differences in implementing ACT.
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effectiveness of act
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Linkins, K., Tunkelrott, T., Dybdal, K., & Robinson, G. (2000, April 28). Assertive Community Treatment Literature Review. Falls Church, VA: Lewin Group, Inc.
Moving Assertive Community Treatment into standard practice
Describes ACT, summarizes its effectiveness for different client populations, and discusses cost effectiveness. This article also discusses the critical components of ACT and how it has been adapted locally. Additionally, the authors outline issues that mental health system administrators, ACT staff, and consumers are likely to face when implementing ACT.
Keywords:
effectiveness of act
cost effectiveness/cost benefit
mental disorders/rehabilitation
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Phillips, S., Burns, B., Edgar, E., Mueser, K. T., Linkins, K. W., Rosenheck, R. A. et al. (2001). Moving Assertive Community Treatment into standard practice, Psychiatric Services, 52 (6), 771-779.
Assertive Community Treatment: An update of randomized trials.
Reviews outcomes of randomized controlled trials of ACT including studies of special populations (i.e., homeless, dual diagnoses).
Keywords:
effectiveness of act
community mental health services
schizophrenia rehabilition
schizophrenia psychology
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Burns, B. J. & Santos, A. B. (1995). Assertive Community Treatment: An update of randomized trials. Psychiatric Services, 46, 669-675.
Assertive Community Treatment for people with severe mental illness: Critical ingredients and impact on patients.
Summarizes the results of 25 studies of the effectiveness of ACT. Includes information on cost-effectiveness and fidelity.
Bond, G. R., Drake, R. E., Mueser, K. T., & Latimer, E. (2001). Assertive Community Treatment for people with severe mental illness: Critical ingredients and impact on patients. Disease Management & Health Outcomes, 9, 141-159.
Economic impacts of Assertive Community Treatment: A review of the literature.
Focuses on economic impact of ACT on hospital use, emergency-room use, use of outpatient services, housing costs.
Keywords:
effectiveness of act
cost effectiveness/cost benefit
mental disorders/therapy
community mental health services/economics
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Latimer, E. (1999). Economic impacts of Assertive Community Treatment: A review of the literature. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 44, 443-454.
Cost effectiveness of intensive psychiatric community care for high users of inpatient services.
Evaluates the costs of 10 intensive psychiatric community care programs at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers in the northeastern United States.
Rosenheck, R., & Neale, M. (1998). Cost effectiveness of intensive psychiatric community care for high users of inpatient services. Archives of General Psychiatry, 55, 459-466.