Evidence
"mental illness"
Active medical conditions among patients on an assertive community treatment team.
The authors review the psychiatric hospitalization admission and discharge summaries of 70 ACT clients to determine the number and type of active medical conditions they had. The results show that ACT clients/patients had a median of three active medical conditions. Osteoarthritis, hypertension, viral Hepatitis C infection, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and reactive airway disease were the most common active medical illnesses. The majority of patients were cigarette smokers and were diagnosed with alcohol or illicit substance use disorders, which were associated with viral hepatitis C infection and reactive airway disease in this patient population.
Ceilley, J.W., Cruz, M., & Denko, T. (2006). Active medical conditions among patients on an assertive community treatment team. Community Mental Health Journal, 42 (2), 205-211. doi: 10.1007/s10597-005-9019-2
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
module 1
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.