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Service innovation: assertive outreach teams for adults with learning disability
- Authors:
- PRAKASH Jamuna, ANDREWS Tim, PORTER Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 31(4), April 2007, pp.138-141.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
Assertive community treatment (ACT) was developed in the early 1970s as a means of coordinating the care of people with severe mental illness in the community. A Cochrane review of the effectiveness of ACT for the general adult population found that people receiving ACT were more likely to engage with services, and were less likely to be admitted to hospital. This article describes the development and operation of the learning disability assertive outreach team in Oxfordshire. This could be used as a framework for setting up similar teams for working with people with learning disability and mental health problems. The results of an audit comparing a period of assertive outreach care with standard community care are discussed.