Reference no: EM133226980

What is the correct description of the evidenced based practice:  Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), Intensive Case Management (ICM)?

1.A combination of education, problem solving, crisis intervention, and support. Family psycho-education has been shown to reduce relapse rates and facilitate recovery of persons who have mental illness and/or co-morbid disorders.

2. The elements of an effective program to optimize the use of medications include: (1) a systematic evidence-based approach to medication selection and use; (2) measurement of treatment response and side effects; and (3) efforts to enhance patient adherence to taking prescribed medications

3. A small caseload, provision of services in consumers' natural living settings, a 24-hour responsibility, and coordination of comprehensive multi-disciplinary services through regular treatment team meetings

4. Wellness self-management encompasses a number of strategies designed to help consumers manage their symptoms. Psycho-education, social skills training, cognitive behavioral therapy, and coping skills training have been shown to help consumers manage their own mental health, reduce symptoms and relapses, and minimize the adverse effects of psychiatric illness on social and role functioning.

"What is the correct description of the evidenced based practice: Substance use treatment services only?  

1. Crisis services to families where a child is at imminent risk of psychiatric hospitalization or out-of-home placement. Linked to emergency rooms, these programs provide intensive in-home intervention for 4 to 6 weeks with the goals of admission diversion, teaching problem-solving skills to the family, and linking the child and family with community-based resources and supports. Caseloads are small (one counselor to two families) and access to a counselor is available 24 hours a day

2. Substance use treatment that is integrated with mental health treatment and tailored for individuals with mental illness is more effective than separate substance use and mental health services. Effective models also integrate other services such as case management, medications, housing, vocational rehabilitation, and family intervention

3. Effective treatment following traumatic events should include individualized counseling taking an historical account of both current and past trauma and providing psycho-educational information about trauma phenomenon. Effective treatment will include concurrent treatment of trauma issues and co-morbid issues including substance abuse when appropriate.

4. None of these answers is correct

5. Rapid job searches and placement in competitive employment, on-going follow along supports after placement, integration of vocational and clinical services, and placing consumers in jobs that match their preferences. Supported employment approaches have been proven to help consumers secure and maintain meaningful jobs in the community.