"Sometimes What They Think is Helpful is Not Really Helpful": Understanding Engagement in the Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT).

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Abstract

This exploratory study recruited a purposive sample of twelve clinical staff from a Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) team in central Virginia to understand the perceptions and experiences related to assertive engagement. The researchers coded the transcribed data initially as twenty-three sub-themes and further refined the data into four overarching themes: characteristics of assertive engagement, PACT engagement strategies and engagement strategies for difficult to engage clients. Further analysis emphasized that PACT team members emphasized the importance of the therapeutic relationship for engagement, which proves challenging for hard-to-engage clients.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Community Ment Health J

Title: Community mental health journal

Publisher: Springer Nature

ISSN (Electronic): 1573-2789

ISSN (Print): 0010-3853

Publication date (Electronic): November 2016

Volume: 52

Issue: 8

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[1 ] School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1000 Floyd Avenue, PO Box 842027, Richmond, VA, 23220, USA. mgeorge@vcu.edu.

[2 ] Silver School of Social Work, New York University, 1 Washington Square North, Room 315, New York, NY, 10003, USA.

[3 ] School of Social Work, University of Oklahoma, 700 Elm Avenue, Norman, OK, 73019, USA.

[4 ] Richmond Behavioral Health Authority, 107 South Fifth Street, Richmond, VA, USA.

[5 ] Program of Assertive Community Treatment, Richmond Behavioral Health Authority, 107 South Fifth Street, Richmond, VA, USA.

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Publisher Item ID: 10.1007/s10597-015-9934-9

DOI: 10.1007/s10597-015-9934-9

PubMed ID: 26335712

SO-VID: 169e44a4-000d-4bf3-ad38-b99baacb4c90

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Keywords: Engagement strategy,Difficult to engage clients,Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT),Therapeutic relationship,Assertive engagement

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Keywords: Engagement strategy, Difficult to engage clients, Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT), Therapeutic relationship, Assertive engagement

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