Background: A number of recently published randomized controlled trials conducted in developed countries have reported no advantage for assertive interventions over standard care models. One possible ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -Assertive Community Treatment or ACT provides community-based treatment and healthy living solutions for people with chronic mental illness. Vera French Community Mental Health ...

Teenagers with severe mental health or drug issues can avoid psychiatric emergency rooms or hospitalization under a new Nassau program that brings services into their homes and schools. The Youth ...

Living with a serious mental health condition can make daily life quite difficult. When your thoughts are jumbled or you are deep in the trenches of depression, it is hard to keep track of things like ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday that $21 million in funding has been awarded to 15 Youth Assertive Community Treatment teams to provide services and support to youth ...

Social workers are the backbone of compassionate, community-centered care across the UAB Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology. Here, we highlight social workers in three distinct ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – On Wednesday, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the availability of more than $14 million in annual funding for 14 new Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams across the State.

After the governor signed into law a bill to reinstate cut Medicaid mental health programs, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced it would start reimbursing providers for the full ...

We report on the first detailed prospective study of assertive community treatment in South Africa. Our results suggest that assertive community treatment may not only reduce readmission rates in a ...