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Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

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01-05-2011 | Original Paper

The Work of Recovery on Two Assertive Community Treatment Teams

Authors: Michelle P. Salyers, Laura G. Stull, Angela L. Rollins, Kim Hopper

Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research | Issue 3/2011

Abstract

The compatibility of recovery work with the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) model has been debated; and little is known about how to best measure the work of recovery. Two ACT teams with high and low recovery orientation were identified by expert consensus and compared on a number of dimensions. Using an interpretive, qualitative approach to analyze interview and observation data, teams differed in the extent to which the environment, team structure, staff attitudes, and processes of working with consumers supported principles of recovery orientation. We present a model of recovery work and discuss implications for research and practice.

We choose the term “consumer” (of mental health services) rather than client, patient, service-user or a number of other possibilities because it is more active than some of the others, and is commonly used in our service context. We recognize, however, the acceptability of terms varies.

A concurrent study was examining success and failure on ACT teams and guided this interview sample selection (Stull et al. in press).

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Title: The Work of Recovery on Two Assertive Community Treatment Teams
Authors: Michelle P. Salyers
Laura G. Stull
Angela L. Rollins
Kim Hopper
Publication date: 01-05-2011
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research / Issue 3/2011
Print ISSN: 0894-587X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3289
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-010-0311-2

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