{"id":7121,"date":"2020-11-04T15:42:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T20:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/?page_id=7121"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:01:24","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/assertive-community-treatment-act\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16910\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 2010px\"><a class=\"size-medium\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/880\/2025\/10\/karthik-sreenivas-unsplash-ACT1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/880\/2025\/10\/karthik-sreenivas-unsplash-ACT1_op.png\" alt=\"a road covered with leaves in the mountains during fall\" width=\"2000\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Karthik Sreenivas\/ Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is essentially a one-stop treatment shop, providing flexible, community-based services to individuals with more severe mental illness. As such, an ACT team is staffed with individuals with a range of expertise and varying backgrounds delivering a full complement of evidence-based practices.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although not exhaustive, practice topics relevant to ACT are presented here, with much of the content derived from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/assertive-community-treatment-act\/tool-for-measurement-of-act-tmact\/\">Tool for Measurement of ACT<\/a> (TMACT; Monroe-DeVita, Moser, &amp; Teague, 2013). Additional resources links, articles, and handouts will be added over time.<\/p>\n<p>We welcome submissions of items you think would be helpful in the practice of high-fidelity ACT to help us grow this resource library. We also welcome submission of upcoming trainings, conferences, and events that are relevant to ACT and\/or any one of these topics. Send your submissions to <a href=\"mailto:bestpractices@med.unc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bestpractices@med.unc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACT Networking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interested in being a part of a large ACT listserv?\u00a0 Complete this form and you will be added.\u00a0 To send questions to the listserv (once added) email: <a href=\"mailto:assertivecommunitytreatment@listserv.unc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">assertivecommunitytreatment@listserv.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Listserv members will have an opportunity to be a part of an ACT Discussion forum.\u00a0 Your listserv email is your user name; you will need to set up a password (click \u201cLost Password\u201d).\u00a0 This is unnecessarily tricky, so we created <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/880\/2020\/11\/How-to-Access-the-ACT-Discussion-Board.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Access the ACT Discussion Board<\/a> to help.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Access tools for:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/assertive-community-treatment-act\/resources\/assertive-engagement\/\">Assertive Engagement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/assertive-community-treatment-act\/resources\/assessment-person-centered-planning\/\">Assessment &amp; Person Centered Planning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/assertive-community-treatment-act\/resources\/daily-team-meeting\/\">Daily Team Meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/assertive-community-treatment-act\/resources\/family-psychoeducation\/\">Family Psychoeducation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/assertive-community-treatment-act\/resources\/supportive-housing\/\">Supportive Housing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/assertive-community-treatment-act\/resources\/psychiatry-and-integrated-healthcare\/\">Psychiatry and Integrated Healthcare<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/assertive-community-treatment-act\/resources\/psychiatric-rehabilitation\/\">Psychiatric Rehabilitation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/assertive-community-treatment-act\/resources\/psychotherapy\/\">Psychotherapy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/assertive-community-treatment-act\/resources\/integrated-treatment-for-co-occurring-disorders\/\">Integrated Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/assertive-community-treatment-act\/resources\/supported-employment-and-education\/\">Supported Employment and Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/assertive-community-treatment-act\/resources\/team-leadership\/\">Team Leadership<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/assertive-community-treatment-act\/resources\/wellness-management-recovery\/\">Wellness Management &amp; Recovery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is essentially a one-stop treatment shop, providing flexible, community-based services to individuals with more severe mental illness. 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