{"id":7123,"date":"2020-11-04T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T20:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/?page_id=7123"},"modified":"2026-06-15T09:38:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:38:01","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/assertive-community-treatment-act\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 2010px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/880\/2025\/10\/elijah-mears-unsplash-ACT-2_op.png\" alt=\"image of a mountain sunset in Wilkes County, NC\" width=\"2000\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Elijah Mears\/ Wilkes County, NC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based practice (EBP) supported by four decades of research. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">While most research predates formal program fidelity measures, those metrics were later developed to assess how closely programs adhere to the core ACT model. Additional research relevant to ACT covers topic-specific areas such as integrated co-occurring substance use disorder treatment and wellness management and recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>Explore publicly available resources to learn more about research relevant to ACT.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Study examining the Housing First model + ACT:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/6\/9\/e010581\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How did a Housing First intervention improve health and social outcomes among homeless adults with mental illness in Toronto? Two-year outcomes from a randomised trial.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Study examining\u00a0staff turnover on ACT:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/6\/9\/e010581\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How did a Housing First intervention improve health and social outcomes among homeless adults with mental illness in Toronto? Two-year outcomes from a randomised trial.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Study examining hospitalization rates for people receiving ACT services in Norway:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4772328\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hospitalization of high and low inpatient service users before and after enrollment into Assertive Community Treatment teams: a naturalistic observational study.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Study examining hospitalization rates for people\u00a0with co-occurring substance use receiving ACT services in Norway:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4855443\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hospitalisation of severely mentally ill patients with and without problematic substance use before and during Assertive Community Treatment: an observational cohort study.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cognitive behavioral social skills training within ACT:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4590698\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enhancing assertive community treatment with cognitive behavioral social skills training for schizophrenia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Moving ACT towards medical homes:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4001829\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A comparison of assertive community treatment fidelity measures and patient-centered medical home standards.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Staff burnout:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3156844\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Burnout in mental health services: a review of the problem and its remediation.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Working with ACT service recipients who are parents:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3980453\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parents served by assertive community treatment: parenting needs, services, and attitudes.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based practice (EBP) supported by four decades of research. While most research predates formal program fidelity measures, those metrics were later developed to assess how closely programs adhere to the core ACT model. Additional research relevant to ACT covers topic-specific areas such as integrated co-occurring substance use disorder treatment &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/assertive-community-treatment-act\/research\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Research\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97082,"featured_media":0,"parent":7085,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7123","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Research - UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/assertive-community-treatment-act\/research\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Research - UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based practice (EBP) supported by four decades of research. 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