The need for a measure of engagement with Community Mental Health Services has been
identified. This article reports on the development and preliminary psychometric evaluation …

Engagement with mental health services is important if people with serious, long-standing
mental health problems are to be adequately supported in the community. However …

This study examined the relevance of adult attachment to the relationships between mental
health services and their clients. The aim of the study was to develop a self‐report measure …

This paper reviews the literature on disengagement from mental health services examining
how the terms engagement and disengagement are defined, what proportion of patients …

OBJECTIVE: A mailed survey was used to measure satisfaction of seriously mentally ill
clients with services provided by an assertive community treatment team. METHODS: A …

Even when primary care provider relationships exist, persons with severe and persistent
mental illness (SPMI) are more likely to be undertreated and seek care from emergency …

Background The only randomised trial of assertive community treatment (ACT) carried out in
England (the “REACT” study: randomised evaluation of assertive community treatment in …

Objective Two assertive community treatment teams were compared with a usual-care
control condition based on their ability to engage and retain clients with serious and …

This paper introduces a measure of continuity of care (CONNECT) developed for mental
health services research. CONNECT addresses qualities of interpersonal interaction in …

Objective This study sought to describe reasons for disengagement from services and
practical guidelines to enhance engagement among individuals with serious mental illness …