ACT-Québec

A Québec site for Assertive Community Treatment

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Index of Articles

What is Assertive Community Treatment (A.C.T.)?
How is A.C.T. different from ordinary outpatient treatment, or case management?
Which persons, with mental health problems, need a whole lot less time in hospital if they get A.C.T.?
How did Assertive Community Treatment develop?
How do we know that A.C.T. works - and is cost-effective?
How do you start an A.C.T. team from scratch? What are the costs?

How can A.C.T. effectively treat "dual diagnosis" persons (mentally ill and abusing alcohol or drugs) - and still save money for the mental health system?

Ontario Standards for Assertive Community Treatment Teams -- approved by Ontario government Oct. 1998 - detailed original text
Rhode Island Standards for Mobile Treatment (A.C.T.) Teams - sets the standard for . . . standards (quality assurance standards).
Standards endorsed by the Assertive Community Treatment Association in the U.S.

Many more articles about Assertive Community Treatment at U.S. web-sites:
The Assertive Community Treatment Association
The National Technical Assistance Center (information and suggestions for consultants)
Enthusiastic support for A.C.T. from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (U.S. national association bringing together groups all over the U.S. for support and advocacy for the mentally ill and their family members)

Long-text articles:

Financing a new A.C.T. team in Quebec without dipping much into your hospital budget: Try the OSBL Model for developing Community Mental Health Resources. Worth reading and discussing with the Régie Régionale and government people, who are also reading it. (October 1999)

Getting Chronic Mental Patients out of Hospital: Big Savings and a Better Result - the U.S. Experience as seen in Springfield, Mass. - by James Farquhar MD, 1995, about 20 pages if printed

Quebec Government calls for 60 to 70 new ACT teams ! See the policy document from December 1998: Plan d'Action pour la Transformation des Services de Santé Mentale. Sorry, it is only in French - about 50 pages if printed.

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