IMPACT OF ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT ON HOMELESS PERSONS WITH COOCCURRING SEVERE PSYCHIATRIC AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

Authors
MEISLER N BLANKERTZ L SANTOS AB MCKAY C
Citation
N. Meisler et al., IMPACT OF ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT ON HOMELESS PERSONS WITH COOCCURRING SEVERE PSYCHIATRIC AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, Community mental health journal, 33(2), 1997, pp. 113-122
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Community mental health journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00103853
Volume
33
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
113 - 122
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-3853(1997)33:2<113:IOACTO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
This study evaluated the impact of an integrated (mental health/substa nce abuse) assertive community treatment program on homeless persons w ith serious mental and substance use disorders. High rates of retentio n in treatment, housing stability, and community tenure were attained, and all but the most severe substance users appeared to gain these be nefits. While the intervention appears to be an effective means of ret aining in services and monitoring such difficult-to-treat and costly p opulations, it did not yield high rates of abstinence and social benef its in severe users.