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Model fidelity of assertive community treatment for clients with first-episode psychosis: a target group-specific application.

Institute of Mental Health Care, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Community Mental Health Journal (impact factor: 1.03). 11/2008; 45(1):12-8. DOI:10.1007/s10597-008-9168-1 pp.12-8
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ABSTRACT Assertive community treatment (ACT) is described as a team treatment model designed to provide assertive, outreaching, comprehensive, community-based, rehabilitation-oriented and supportive psychiatric services for people with severe mental illness as reported by Drake et al. (Psychiatr Serv 52: 179-182, 2001) and Teague et al. (Psychiatr Serv 68: 216-232, 1998). This study explores variations in the way the original components of ACT are implemented for the target group of clients with a first-episode psychosis, and establishes whether these variations lead the treatment model to a higher, more valuable, outcome level. The study also describes how to achieve this optimally effective application of target group-specific treatment services.

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Keywords

Assertive community treatment
 
clients
 
community-based
 
optimally effective application
 
outcome level
 
outreaching
 
Psychiatr Serv 52
 
Psychiatr Serv 68
 
rehabilitation-oriented
 
severe mental illness
 
study explores variations
 
supportive psychiatric services
 
target group-specific treatment services
 
variations lead