Introduction The assertive community treatment (ACT) is a service providence model to the severe mental ill patient at the grass root level. It provide the after hospital discharge or treatment services. This model based is the hypothesis of the Leonard Stein and Mary Ann Test and their colleagues in Madison, Wisconsin, and it came in the force by the team from USA in 1970. This model is giving the very positive result and after that the many developed countries had been followed to the model such as Australia, UK, London, ect; in their respective geographical location. The most of the country got the positive result but vary by the countries to countries. Such the UK model of Assertive outreach treatment (AOT) formed based on the ACT model
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This model is developed by the Leonard Stein and Mary Ann Test and their colleagues in Madison, Wisconsin, USA in 1970. Originally it was the Training programme called as Training in community living, later it`s name had changed that was Programme of assertive community treatment (PACT). Gradually which approaches was adopted by the PACT and as per the followed guideline and principle has reproduce and spread all over the world. As per the national context their name has been also changed. Such as “Assertive outreach team”(AOT), “Mobile treatment team”(MTT), “Continuous treatment team”(CTT). But the widely used the Assertive community treatment label as the ingredient of the PACT.
Features of the ACT model
The ACT model is providing the effective services, by the using team approach at the community level to the severe mental ill patient. Some important features were seen that followed.
Multidisciplinary Team: The ACT is providing the patient needed services to the severe mental illness patient that the counselling, rehabilitation, social functioning, occupational therapies medication adherence so it carry the multiple expert professional in the team that Psychiatric, nurse, social worker, rehabilitation expert, and counsellor for the patient with substance …show more content…
Accordance to that the service providence pattern and services is varies from the agency to agency and programme to programme. As per the patient’s needs the Multidisciplinary team (ACT) provide the multiple client needed service at the community level that the treatment point of view like physical care, consolation on the symptoms. Rehabilitation point of view like employment oriented training, interpersonal relationship. Such, family services, practical help, substance related services etc.
Team approach: The ACT is run on the team approach that in the team every member is responsible to the team activities and client. There is caseload sharing pattern that each member of the team are engaged in the daily activity with client that planning of treatment, problem solving, discuss with a patient and rehabilitation. The team approach is helpful to reduce the staff load.
Less cline – staff ratio: The ACT basically provide the service with adequate team member. The ratio was 10:1, which was adequate for the individual services. But less with effective staff is enough to provide the quality of services to the
This model is developed by the Leonard Stein and Mary Ann Test and their colleagues in Madison, Wisconsin, USA in 1970. Originally it was the Training programme called as Training in community living, later it`s name had changed that was Programme of assertive community treatment (PACT). Gradually which approaches was adopted by the PACT and as per the followed guideline and principle has reproduce and spread all over the world. As per the national context their name has been also changed. Such as “Assertive outreach team”(AOT), “Mobile treatment team”(MTT), “Continuous treatment team”(CTT). But the widely used the Assertive community treatment label as the ingredient of the PACT.
Features of the ACT model
The ACT model is providing the effective services, by the using team approach at the community level to the severe mental ill patient. Some important features were seen that followed.
Multidisciplinary Team: The ACT is providing the patient needed services to the severe mental illness patient that the counselling, rehabilitation, social functioning, occupational therapies medication adherence so it carry the multiple expert professional in the team that Psychiatric, nurse, social worker, rehabilitation expert, and counsellor for the patient with substance …show more content…
Accordance to that the service providence pattern and services is varies from the agency to agency and programme to programme. As per the patient’s needs the Multidisciplinary team (ACT) provide the multiple client needed service at the community level that the treatment point of view like physical care, consolation on the symptoms. Rehabilitation point of view like employment oriented training, interpersonal relationship. Such, family services, practical help, substance related services etc.
Team approach: The ACT is run on the team approach that in the team every member is responsible to the team activities and client. There is caseload sharing pattern that each member of the team are engaged in the daily activity with client that planning of treatment, problem solving, discuss with a patient and rehabilitation. The team approach is helpful to reduce the staff load.
Less cline – staff ratio: The ACT basically provide the service with adequate team member. The ratio was 10:1, which was adequate for the individual services. But less with effective staff is enough to provide the quality of services to the