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Extending Assertive Community Treatment to criminal justice settings: origins, current evidence, and future
Joseph Morrissey1, Piper Meyer, Gary Cuddeback
1Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA. joe_morrissey@unc.edu
Abstract:
This paper presents an overview of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) as an evidence-based practice in mental health care. We then consider current evidence for FACT (ACT for forensic populations) and FICM (intensive case management for forensic populations) and the ways these models have been extended and adapted to serve mentally ill persons in a variety of criminal justice settings. The available evidence about the effectiveness of these models towards preventing recidivism among criminally-justice involved persons with mental illness is weak. We conclude with several suggestions for how the clinical model of FACT needs to be expanded to incorporate interventions aimed at reducing criminal behavior and recidivism.
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