title: The effects of assertive community treatment including integrated dual diagnosis treatment on nuisance acts and crimes in dual-diagnosis patients.
abstract: We investigated whether Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) combined with Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment (IDDT) is associated with a decrease in nuisance acts and crime convictions in dual-diagnosis repeated offenders. Forty-three patients were monitored from 21 months before until 12 months after the start of ACT-IDDT, using police data and the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS). Results show that while nuisance acts and convictions increased in the 21 months before the start of ACT-IDDT, nuisance acts decreased and convictions stabilized during the next 12 months. The decrease in nuisance acts was associated with a decrease in substance abuse.
authors.affiliation: Altrecht Psychiatric Institute, ABC straat 8, Utrecht, The Netherlands. tonnie@backwash.org
authors.forename: A B P
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Staring
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blaauw
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Mulder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003153:Community Health Services; D003415:Crime / Q000639:trends*; D057237:Criminals / Q000523:psychology; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care