Citation

Staring AB, Blaauw E, Mulder CL. Community Ment. Health J. 2012; 48(2): 150-152.

Affiliation

Altrecht Psychiatric Institute, ABC straat 8, 3512 PX, Utrecht, The Netherlands, tonnie@backwash.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-011-9406-9

PMID

21556786

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.

Language: en