Assertive community treatment (ACT) for schizophrenia
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Assertive community treatment (ACT) for schizophrenia
Assertive community treatment (ACT), also known as assertive case management, is a community rehabilitation service that may be effective for people with schizophrenia. ACT involves a team of health professionals and others providing care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Care is provided where the person lives rather than in an institution or other health care facility.
ACT may reduce the severity of relapses of schizophrenia as a result of prompt treatment, which can improve the quality of your life.
Call the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill or talk with a health professional about whether ACT is available in your community. Some communities have services similar to ACT that are known by other names, such as Community Rehabilitation.
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| Author | Jeannette Curtis |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Tracy Landauer |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman, MATC |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Lisa S. Weinstock, MD - Psychiatry |
| Last Updated | February 5, 2008 |
| Last updated: | February 05, 2008 |
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| Author: | Jeannette Curtis |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Lisa S. Weinstock, MD - Psychiatry |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman, MATC |
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