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Assertive community treatment for severe mental illness has limitations. An alternative, active client engagement, fosters collaboration and responsiveness, improving mental health service engagement.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry and Mental Health Services Research

Background:

  • Severe mental illness (SMI) requires effective community-based treatment models.
  • Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a prevalent model for SMI care.
  • Concerns exist regarding ACT's authoritarian tendencies and limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically evaluate the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) model for severe mental illness.
  • To introduce and describe an alternative model: Active Client Engagement (ACE).
  • To compare the efficacy of ACT and ACE in fostering client engagement with mental health services.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review and critical analysis of the ACT model.
  • Conceptualization and description of the Active Client Engagement (ACE) model.
  • Comparative analysis of therapeutic approaches and client outcomes.

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Main Results:

  • The ACT model can exhibit authoritarian characteristics, potentially hindering client autonomy.
  • The Active Client Engagement (ACE) model emphasizes collaboration and client-centered responsiveness.
  • ACE aims to build trusting therapeutic relationships to enhance service engagement.

Conclusions:

  • Traditional ACT models may not optimally engage all individuals with severe mental illness.
  • The Active Client Engagement (ACE) model offers a promising, collaborative alternative.
  • Adopting ACE principles can better achieve government objectives for sustained mental health service engagement.