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Efficacy Of Care With Assertive Community Treatment In Severe Mental Illness., Rex Dewan
Efficacy Of Care With Assertive Community Treatment In Severe Mental Illness., Rex Dewan
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Background: Severe mental illness is a devastating and undertreated problem in our society. Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) services could help fill the void left from the deinstitutionalization movement providing the severely mentally ill the needed support while allowing them to remain in their communities.
Aim: This evidence-based scholarly (EBP) project addressed the following question; How does length of time in ACT affect the number or length of hospitalizations, and incarcerations in patients with severe mental illness.
Methods: This project is a program evaluation of an Assertive Community Treatment Team Program in a metropolitan city. The impact evaluation consists of data …