A Study on Effective Promotion of Assertive Community Treatment Program

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The subject teams implemented an ACT program in collaboration with several organizations under the current system, authors introduced illness management and recovery (IMR), family support, and supported employment to clarify the effective method of practice. The result showed psychological education, such as IMR, was beneficial. However, in Japan, only a few working staff are trained in cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing techniques, and other necessary skills to utilize those programs. Therefore, in the future, it will be required to develop easy-to-use tools as well as to provide Japanese staff with more opportunities and better environment for supervised practical learning. It was also demonstrated that increase in successful employment was achieved when several ACT teams cooperated with a welfare service office compared to the case when single team worked independently.