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Setting up an assertive community treatment service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Andrew Kent  and
Tom Burns
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The last 20 years have witnessed a surge of interest in assertive community treatment (ACT) for the severely mentally ill (Drake & Burns, 1995). ACT aims to help people who would otherwise be in and out of hospital on a ‘revolving door’ basis live in the community and enjoy the best possible quality of life. Services based on the ACT model seek to replace the total support of the hospital with comprehensive, intensive and flexible support in the community, delivered by an individual key worker or core services team. They are organised in a way that optimises continuity of care across different functional areas and across time.

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Research Article
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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , July 1996 , pp. 143 - 150
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1996 

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