Mental and Behavioural Disorders Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Interviews. Randomised Controlled Trial:
A. Assertive Community Treatment
B. Normal Care
Sponsors
Record provided by the NHS Trusts Clinical Trials Register - Department of Health (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Living in independent or low supported accommodation within the London boroughs of Camden and Islington 2. Under the care of the community mental health team for at least 12 months 3. Identified as having difficulty engaging with standard community care 4. Primary diagnosis of serious mental illness (for example, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, other chronic psychosis, bipolar affective disorder) 5. Recent high use of inpatient care (at least 100 consecutive inpatient days or at least five admissions within the past two years or at least 50 consecutive inpatient days or at least three admissions within the past year) 6. Individuals with concurrent problems from substance misuse or personality disorder were eligible if these were secondary diagnoses
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with organic brain damage
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an important and promising model, in that it has the potential to meet the needs of a particularly chaotic client group to whom standard community based services currently struggle to deliver services. The results should inform policy makers, local service commissioners and providers of health services in metropolitan areas in the UK. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Not provided at time of registration | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed