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Title
Assertive community treatment.
Abstract
The article offers information on the benefits of assertive community treatment (ACT) for mental illnesses. It says that ACT is accepted as an effective approach to manage bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other serious psychiatric condition. It states that based on several studies it was proved that ACT cuts down the need for an individual to undergo psychiatric hospitalization and emergency care. However, cuts on state budgets could result to reduction in access to the program.