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Definition:
Assertive Community Treatment
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An ACT team has the following characteristics and responsibilities:
The team consists of staff from multiple disciplines. It must include a
psychiatrist, registered nurse, certified rehabilitation counselor or certified
employment specialist, a peer recovery specialist and a substance abuse
counselor. It may include an occupational therapist, community-based
mental health rehabilitation technician, psychologist, licensed clinical social
worker or licensed clinical professional counselor.
Team services must be available 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
The team must provide treatment, rehabilitation and support services in
order to address the person’s symptoms stability and prevent relapse.
The team assists the person
o in maintaining safe affordable housing in normative settings,
o in establishing natural support networks to combat isolation and
withdrawal,
o in minimizing involvement with the criminal justice system;
o with individual recovery education; and with services to enable the
person to function at a work site.
34-B MRSA §3801(11)
Definition:
Likelihood of Serious Harm
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For all purposes related to the Progressive Treatment Program,
including original admission and rehospitalization during participation in the
program, “likelihood of serious harm” has the following definition:
In view of the person's treatment history, current behavior and inability to
make an informed decision, a reasonable likelihood that deterioration of
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