Assertive community treatment

 Assertive community treatment (ACT) is an approach which deliver services to individuals who have severe mental illness who needs are not met by traditional services. ACT is a team based approach service that provides a wide range and individual focus therapies and support services to the individual who is suffering from mental health disabilities. These services that are offer by Assertive community treatment attempts to keep people from being hospitalized. This model also assists the individual to reach recovery and to achieve a meaningful life that is not illness focus. The Assertive community treatment approach is designed to assist individuals with serve mental health disabilities that experience symptoms that are difficult to manage.…

Assertive Outreach - helps individuals access services and navigate systems usually through intense case management; Motivational Interventions - this component is aimed at illness self-management which brings to the light the ambivalence of clients that hinder them in achieving life’s goals; Counseling – individual, group, family, or a combination; Social Support Interventions - Not only building new relationships but mending older ones; Long Term Perspective – Accepting that recovery cannot…

the lifespan. In the mental health profession, the most general practice is the bio-psych-social model used to understand the client, their surroundings and how they interact with one another. There are other traditional methods of practice that are evidence based that work within the relationship between the professional and client. Throughout the history of mental health, different approaches have developed. Initially, the treatments for those with mental illness were not humane and in many…

Lutheran Settlement House is really the only social service agency within the community. It has been providing services to Fishtown and the Philadelphia area since 1902. The services since then may have changed but it’s core mission of “empowering individuals, families, and communities to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency through an integrated program of social, educational, and advocacy services” has not ("History | Lutheran Settlement House | Empowering Children, Adults, Families, and…

adaptations and improvements to three key areas of the community and city design: (1) the physical and built environment; (2) the social environment; and (3) housing. Physical and built environment Menec et al. (2011) describe the built environment as comprising the outdoor spaces (e.g. green spaces, parks, walking trails), buildings and natural environment of a community, such as its air and water quality. The physical and built environment are important factors in age-friendly community…

Regardless if a community is a sports team, a religious group, or American society, communities give their members some set of perks. These are opportunities the members would not ordinarily receive on their own. Although some opportunities are for the benefit of their members, some opportunities extend outside their population into other communities. Not only are there potential opportunities to gain knowledge and experience when two or more communities begin to intertwine, there is also a…

educators and communities, particularly, those in underserved areas, to facilitate meaningful making and learning experiences with youth. Our Vision, every child is a “Maker”. Our Mission, to create more opportunities for all young people to develop confidence, creativity, and interest in science, technology, engineering, math, art, and learning as a whole through making (Makered.org, 2016). Values. We currently focus on five key values that support our mission and vision. They are as…

Beginning this class, I was not sure what to expect because I did not really know what community health was. I signed up for the class to fulfill the requirement for my minor. Throughout this class, I have learned so much about the aspects of the community health, agencies, drug abuse, health rates, and disease types and control. These were all topics that were greatly interesting to me and I feel like the class improved my understanding of the way in which many communities operate. It also…

The Negotiation As expected the hospital team initially saw the needs of the community as a problem the CCC itself should handle through government programs or by approaching a hospital in another area, West Point Hospital. They expressed frustration with the community and reminded the CCC that the hospital is run on private money from donors and not government funded. It was obvious that the hospital did not feel any responsibility to the community itself, they were concerned with business…

Settlement houses were essentially community centers where people could go to get help with anything that was troubling them. This is illustrated by Hull House in Chicago, Illinois. This settlement house led by Jane Addams would provide members of the community with basic needs initially and would also provide for them a place to develop culture. Patrons of Hull House could get childcare, art lessons, and an education. Hull House became a compound of multiple buildings that serviced the…