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Safety First: Personal Safety and Risk Management for
Assertive Community Treatment Teams.
(S. Pratt, D. Allness, J. Jonikas, T. Horton-O'Connell, E. Stellon, C.
Bennett, J. Cook, & L. Curtis)
Item Number: ACT-003 Unit Price: $19.99
This manual offers Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) providers
important insight into minimizing safety risks when delivering ACT services. Areas addressed include creating a safe work environment, individual and team strategies for delivering safe services, managing
critical incidents, and methods of empowering consumers to develop personal safety skills. Risk prevention is reviewed from multiple perspectives.
Creating Community Linkages: A Guide to Assertive Outreach for
Homeless Persons with Severe Mental Illness (K. Engstrom, E. Brooks, J. Jonikas, J. Cook, & T. Witheridge)
Item Number: ACT-001 Unit Price: $17.65
This self-study manual was designed for use by case managers and their
supervisors working in outeach programs for homeless persons with psychiatric disabilities. It begins by describing personal characteristics that enhance work with clients. The Assertive Community
Treatment approach is introduced, mental and substance use disorders are discussed, and medication and treatment methods are reviewed. Next, general health issues specific to homeless individuals are covered,
along with social service needs and features of public entitlement systems. Later chapters include methods for establishing a therapeutic alliance and coordination of services using the Total Team Approach,
community support systems, and cultural sensitivity.
Training Staff to Provide Assertive Outreach Services to Persons with
Severe Mental Illness (E. Brooks, J. Jonikas, J. Cook, K. Engstrom, & T. Witheridge).
Item Number: ACT-002 Unit Price: $18.00
Using content from Creating Community Linkages, this curriculum
trains case managers to provide assertive community outreach services for mental health consumers in two 8-hour class sessions. Qualities needed in an outreach worker, features of mental illness and
medications, the Total Team Approach, support systems, and cultural relevance are addressed. Role plays, case studies, quizzes, and a self-assessment questionnaire are used to reinforce the material.
Cook, J.A., Horton-O'Connell, T., Fitzgibbon, G., & Steigman, P. (1998).
Training for State-Funded Providers of Assertive Community Treatment. In P. Corrigan and D. Giffort (Eds.), Building Teams and Programs, 79. New Directions in Mental Health
Services. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Item Number: ART-012b Unit Price: $2.75
Cook, J.A., Pickett-Schenk, S.A., Nageotte, C.A. (2000).
Dimensions of Staff Burnout in Assertive Community Treatment and Psychosocial Rehabilitation Programs for Persons with Severe Mental Illness, International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 2(4), 6-12.
Item Number: ART-076 Unit Price: $2.75
Dincin, J., Witheridge, T., Wasmer, D., et al. (1993).
The Impact of Assertive Community Treatment on the Use of State Hospital Inpatient Bed-Days, Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 44(9), 833-838.
Item Number: ART-039 Unit Price: $2.75
Lyons, J.S., Cook, J.A., Ruth, A.R., Karver, M., & Slagg, N.B. (1996).
Service Delivery Using Consumer Staff in a Mobile Crisis Assessment Program, Community Mental Health Journal, 32(1), 33-40.
Item Number: ART-043 Unit Price: $2.75
Pickett, S.A., Lyons, J.S., Cook, J.A., & Gershon, J. (1995).
Service Linkage and Use by Clients of a Mobile Outreach Program. Chicago, Illinois: National Research and Training Center on Psychiatric Disability.
Item Number: ART-046 Unit Price: $2.75
Slagg, N.B., Lyons, J., Cook, J.A., et al. (1994).
A Profile of Clients Served by a Mobile Outreach Program for Homeless Mentally Ill Persons, Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 45(11), 1139-1141.
Item Number: ART-052 Unit Price: $2.75
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