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Working with families in Assertive Community Treatment (ACT): the case manager's perspective.
Full Abstract
In response to research findings of insufficient family involvement in mental health services for people with severe mental illness, this grounded theory study examines case managers' interactions with families of clients in Assertive Community Treatment (ACT). Findings suggest that case managers conceptualize families as sources of social connections, rather than sources of care, for clients. This conceptualization is influenced by case managers' goals, which also guide their assessments of families for involvement in treatment in terms of the extent to which families help attain treatment goals. In developing strategies to work with families, case managers engage in ongoing assessments and consider client permission for family involvement in treatment, family availability to clients, and family wishes for involvement in treatment. Three case examples illustrate the relationships among case managers' goals, assessments of families, and selections of work strategies. The potential role of the ACT model in shaping this particular view on families is also discussed. PsycINFO Database Record 2009 APA.
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Author/s: Chen, Fang-pei (FP);
Affiliation: Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY 10027, USA. fc2208(-atsign-)columbia.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article
Journal: The American journal of orthopsychiatry (Am J Orthopsychiatry), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2008-Oct; vol 78 (issue 4) : pp 456-65
Dates: Created 2009/01/06; Completed 2009/03/30;
PMID: 19123767, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 3/30/2009, IMS Date: 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00)
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