Effect of Assertive Community Treatment for Patients with Substance Use Disorder: A Systematic Review | Zendy

Louise Penzenstadler | Zendy; Carina Soares | Zendy; Eleonora Anci | Zendy; Andrew Molodynski | Zendy; Yasser Khazaal | Zendy

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Effect of Assertive Community Treatment for Patients with Substance Use Disorder: A Systematic Review

Author(s) -

Louise Penzenstadler,

Carina Soares,

Eleonora Anci,

Andrew Molodynski,

Yasser Khazaal

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

european addiction research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.862

H-Index - 54

eISSN - 1421-9891

pISSN - 1022-6877

DOI - 10.1159/000496742

Subject(s) - assertive community treatment , jadad scale , medicine , psychological intervention , medline , randomized controlled trial , substance abuse , psychiatry , mental illness , intervention (counseling) , mental health , family medicine , surgery , political science , law , cochrane library

Substance use disorders (SUD) are an important health issue internationally. Traditional outpatient programmes often do not adequately address the substantial medical and social needs and in addition many patients have difficulties accessing the care needed. The assertive community treatment (ACT) model was originally developed for patients with a severe mental illness but has been adapted for patients with SUD by integrating specific SUD treatments into the traditional ACT model. This paper aims to assess the effectiveness of ACT for patients with SUD on a number of measures.

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