Availability of Assertive Community Treatment in the United States: 2010 to 2016

Poverty among Hispanic Women in the United States of America between 2005 and 2010

Poverty is a widespread problem not only inflicting poor nations, but also nations like the United States of America. In the history of the United States, women and racial minorities had always been persistently struggling with poverty. This paper intends to investigate poverty among Hispanic women between 2005 and 2010 and identify and analyze the relevant contributing factors. Within this per...

Tobacco Use in Top-Grossing Movies — United States, 2010–2016

The Surgeon General has concluded that there is a causal relationship between depictions of smoking in the movies and the initiation of smoking among young persons (1). The more youths see smoking on screen, the more likely they are to start smoking; youths who are heavily exposed to onscreen smoking imagery are approximately two to three times as likely to begin smoking as are youths who recei...

Assertive Community Treatment

Client outcomes are those aspects of clients' lives that we seek to improve or to manage successfully through the delivery of mental health services. Medications help clients manage their symptoms. Supported employment programs help clients find work in the community. Dual diagnosis groups help clients reduce their dependence on alcohol and illicit drugs. Relapse prevention programs help client...

Assertive Community Treatment in the Netherlands Assertive Community Treatment in Nederland

Is assertive community treatment coercive?

Background Assertive community treatment (ACT) has become one of the cornerstones of care for people with serious mental illnesses. ACT is usually conceptualized as incorporating a multidisciplinary team approach, active and persistent attempts to engage clients, direct provision of comprehensive health and social care, and in-vivo and out-of-hours working. In addition, the service is ongoing, ...