The widespread adoption of assertive community treatment has resulted in a shift from an
individual model to a team model of case management. The shift has had implications for …

BACKGROUND: Assertive community treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based practice that
provides intensive, in vivo services for adults with severe mental illness. Some ACT and …

Background Processes underlying success and failure in assertive community treatment
(ACT), a widely investigated treatment model for persons with severe mental illness, are …

OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to identify case managers' perspectives on the critical
ingredients, therapeutic mechanisms of action, and gaps in implementation of the critical …

This qualitative study examined the delivery of Assertive Community Treatment from the
perspective of service providers of 4 ACT teams in southeastern Ontario. Overall, providers …

Background Implementing innovative health service models in existing service systems is
complicated and context dependent. Flexible assertive community treatment (FACT) is a …

Objective: This study examined whether employing mental health consumers as consumer-
providers in assertive community treatment teams can enhance outcomes for clients with …

Past research has found that a positive working alliance between clients and their case
managers is modestly correlated with client outcomes. The current study tried to identify the …

Objective: Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based practice for
individuals living with serious mental illnesses. Although studies estimate that at least half of …

This study examined the relationship between outcomes and the working alliance in clients
who were receiving assertive community treatment only or integrated assertive community …