National ACT Virtual Meetings to Address Impact of Covid-19

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a multidisciplinary, team-based model that provides intensive community-based and outreach-oriented services .. Read more to people who experience the most severe and persistent mental illness. The vast majority also have a co-occurring substance use disorder and many experience comorbid medical illnesses as well as homelessness. This is a vulnerable population and their providers – ACT teams – are at elevated risk themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic. Establishing a Digital Crisis Plan and Psychiatric Advance Directive with Amy N. Cohen, PhD, Associate Director; Implementation Scientist and SMI Psychological Treatment Expert, American Psychiatric Association; and Zhuoyin Yang, American Psychiatric Association, Project Manager, SMI Adviser. Zhuoyin Yang, American Psychiatric Association, Project Manager, SMI Adviser.