Resource Group ACT (RACT) - A Review of an Integrative Approach to Psychoeducation of Individual Families Involving the Patient.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Malm, Ulf; Lundin, Lennart; Rydell, Pia; Nordén, Tommy; Norlander, Torsten
- Source
- International Journal of Mental Health. 2015, Vol. 44 Issue 4, p269-276. 8p. 1 Diagram, 2 Charts.
- Subject
- *FAMILY medicine
*RESEARCH funding
*SELF-efficacy
*EVIDENCE-based medicine
*INTEGRATIVE medicine
*EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
*HUMAN services programs
*EVALUATION of human services programs
*PSYCHOEDUCATION
*PATIENT decision making
- Language
- ISSN
- 0020-7411
The implementation of evidence-based treatment methods for patients with severe mental illness must be deeply rooted in clinical case management and an ACT service delivery model, where the patient user can be involved in shared-decision making in the cycle of "assess-plan-act-follow upfeedback". In order to prepare and empower the client for the new role as a participating decision maker in the management of his/her own illness, various psychoeducational strategies are employed. The original 'family unit in the community' of the Integrated Mental Health Care program (IC) was developed step-by-step through practice-based evidence and clinical expertise to include significant others as resource persons in a so called Resource Group, and therefore the program was subsequently named as "Resource group ACT" (RACT). The service delivery by community mental health teams involving the patient by way of resource groups as well as the psychoeducational treatment conditions involving both individual patients and family groups may contribute to the understanding of how RACT added clinical effectiveness in functioning and satisfaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]