This training will introduce assertive outreach and engagement practices as cornerstones of recovery-oriented, evidence-based mental health service delivery as well as present evidence-based strategies (e.g., motivational interviewing) that ACT and FACT providers can use to foster intrinsic motivation and assist clients in pursuing self-identified recovery goals.
Focus:
This training will review clinical characteristics of the population optimally served by Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Forensic ACT (FACT) and prepare providers to effectively identify individuals who are likely to benefit from these services as well as discuss anosognosia and treatment-refractory psychotic spectrum disorders, common clinical presentations within the ACT and FACT population of focus that are associated with a lack of insight into service needs.