Increased influence and collaboration: a qualitative study of patients' experiences of community treatment orders within an assertive community treatment setting

HK Stuen, J Rugkåsa, A Landheim, R Wynn - BMC health services …, 2015 - Springer
Background Since 2009, 14 assertive community treatment (ACT) teams have started up in
Norway. Over 30% of the patients treated by the ACT teams were subject to community …

Responsibilities with conflicting priorities: a qualitative study of ACT providers' experiences with community treatment orders

HK Stuen, A Landheim, J Rugkåsa, R Wynn - BMC health services …, 2018 - Springer
Background Patients with severe mental illness may be subjected to Community Treatment
Orders (CTOs) in order to secure that the patients adhere to treatment. Few studies have …

Model fidelity and team members' experiences of assertive community treatment in Norway: a sequential mixed-methods study

S Odden, A Landheim, H Clausen, HK Stuen… - International journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Assertive community treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based treatment for
people with severe mental illness, and this model is used widely throughout the world. Given …

Perceptions of coercion in the community: a qualitative study of patients in a Danish assertive community treatment team

MH Thøgersen, B Morthorst, M Nordentoft - Psychiatric Quarterly, 2010 - Springer
Assertive community treatment (ACT) has been claimed to be paternalistic and coercive, yet
little is known about how patients experience the assertive aspects of ACT. To explore views …

Patients' experiences with coercive mental health treatment in Flexible Assertive Community Treatment: a qualitative study

E Brekke, H Clausen, M Brodahl, AS Landheim - BMC psychiatry, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Flexible Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) teams have been
implemented in Norwegian health and social services over the last years, partly aiming to …

“This is not a life anyone would want”—A qualitative study of norwegian ACT service users' experience with mental health treatment

AM Lofthus, BM Weimand, T Ruud, D Rose… - Issues in Mental …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
We discuss Norwegian service users' experiences with community mental health treatment
in general, and the interprofessional Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) model in …

Successful engagement: a mixed methods study of the approaches of assertive community treatment and community mental health teams in the REACT trial

H Killaspy, S Johnson, B Pierce, P Bebbington… - Social psychiatry and …, 2009 - Springer
Background The only randomised trial of assertive community treatment (ACT) carried out in
England (the “REACT” study: randomised evaluation of assertive community treatment in …

Community treatment orders–what are the views of decision makers?

H Riley, GF Lorem, G Høyer - Journal of mental health, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Background: Community treatment orders (CTOs) are being increasingly used in
Western countries. The scheme implies that mental health patients can live outside a …

Patient outcomes of flexible assertive community treatment compared with assertive community treatment

C Munch Nielsen, C Hjorthøj, BT Arnfred… - Psychiatric …, 2023 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: In many European countries, flexible assertive community treatment (FACT) has
replaced assertive community treatment (ACT) despite limited evidence for FACT's …

Do intensive services obviate the need for CTOs?

R O'Reilly, D Corring, J Richard, C Plyley… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective Opponents of community treatment orders (CTOs) argue that they would be
unnecessary if sufficient community services such as assertive community treatment (ACT) …