[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …

Mental health professional experiences of the flexible assertive community treatment model: a grounded theory study

A Lexén, B Svensson - Journal of Mental Health, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Despite the lack of evidence for effectiveness of the Flexible Assertive
Community Treatment (Flexible ACT), the model is considered feasible and is well received …

[HTML][HTML] Increased influence and collaboration: a qualitative study of patients' experiences of community treatment orders within an assertive community treatment …

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 …

What matters when implementing Flexible Assertive Community Treatment in a Swedish healthcare context: A two-year implementation study

B Svensson, L Hansson, U Markström… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the lack of scientific evidence for the effectiveness of Flexible Assertive Community
Treatment (Flexible ACT), the model disseminates rapidly in the mental health services in 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 …

“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 …

[HTML][HTML] Flexible assertive community treatment in rural and remote areas: a qualitative study of the challenges and adaptations of the model

K Trane, K Aasbrenn, M Rønningen, S Odden… - Frontiers in public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Flexible assertive community treatment (FACT) is an innovative model for
providing long-term treatment to people with severe mental illness. The model was …

[HTML][HTML] Flexible assertive community treatment teams can change complex and fragmented service systems: experiences of service providers

K Trane, K Aasbrenn, M Rønningen, S Odden… - International journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Implementing innovative health service models in existing service systems is
complicated and context dependent. Flexible assertive community treatment (FACT) is a …

[HTML][HTML] Coercion in mental health: a trial of the effectiveness of community treatment orders and an investigation of informal coercion in community mental health care

T Burns, J Rugkåsa, K Yeeles, J Catty - 2016 - europepmc.org
Background Coercion comprises formal coercion or compulsion [treatment under a section
of the Mental Health Act (MHA)] and informal coercion (a range of treatment pressures …