Employment outcomes in family-aided assertive community treatment

Family-aided assertive community treatment (FACT) was enhanced by adding vo cational specialists to help persons with severe mental illness obtain comp etitive employment. Results were then tested against those of conventional vocational rehabilitation (CVR). The FACT cohort demonstrated significantly better employment rates than did the CVR, while negative symptoms declined in the former and increased in the latter. No evidence was found that comp etitive work presented a significantly risk for relapse.