Background It is controversial whether compulsory community treatment (CCT) for people
with severe mental illness (SMI) reduces health service use, or improves clinical outcome …

Abstract Background Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) was developed in the early
1970s as a response to the closing down of psychiatric hospitals. ACT is a team‐based …

Background Intensive Case Management (ICM) is a community‐based package of care
aiming to provide long‐term care for severely mentally ill people who do not require …

Background Compulsory community treatment (CCT) aims to reduce hospital readmissions
among people with mental illness. However, research examining the usefulness of CCT is …

Background Even low levels of substance misuse by people with a severe mental illness
can have detrimental effects. Objectives To assess the effects of psychosocial interventions …

Psychosocial interventions for people with both severe mental illness and substance misuse -
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Background Substance misuse in the context of severe mental illness can have detrimental
effects. A variety of treatments exist, but the drive has been to provide programmes …

Background Since the 1960s, in many parts of the world, large psychiatric were closed down
and people were treated in outpatient clinics, day centres or community mental health …

Background Closure of asylums and institutions for the mentally ill, coupled with government
policies focusing on reducing the number of hospital beds for people with severe mental …

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of systemic therapy on psychiatric disorders in adulthood.
Methods: This meta-analysis integrates results of 37 randomized controlled trials (RCT) of …