Without active engagement, many adults with serious mental illnesses remain untreated in
the community and commit criminal offenses, resulting in their placement in the jails rather …

This study examined the efficacy of a Mental Health Treatment Court (MHTC) with diversion
to treatment supported by an assertive community treatment (ACT) model of case …

This paper presents an overview of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) as an evidence-
based practice in mental health care. We then consider current evidence for FACT (ACT for …

Objective: Forensic assertive community treatment (FACT) is an adaptation of the assertive
community treatment model and is designed to serve justice-involved adults with serious …

Specialized interventions, such as police and jail diversion, mental health courts,
specialized probation, forensic assertive community treatment, designed to engage justice …

Objective Mandated community treatment has been proposed as a mechanism to engage
people with severe and persistent mental disorders in treatment. Recently, two approaches …

More than 25 years ago, researchers noted that persons with serious mental illness (PSMIs)
were being processed increasingly through the criminal justice system instead of through …

OBJECTIVE: Persons with severe mental illness are overrepresented in jails and prisons in
the United States. A national survey was conducted to identify assertive community …

Objective: A core component of mental health courts (MHCs) is the provision of community
treatment in order to reduce arrests. However, research on the components of treatment …

Jail diversion and forensic community treatment programs have proliferated over the past
decade, far outpacing evidence regarding their efficacy. The current study reports findings …