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Assertive community treatment (ACT) for substance use disorders
Summary of the evidence
A systematic review without meta-analysis (Penzenstadler et al 2019, 5 datasets) found no clear superiority of results of assertive community treatment (ACT) in reducing substance use (compared to control group).
ACT originally developed for patients with severe mental illness, providing personalized, high intensity, holistic and integrated multidisciplinary community care services.
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Note: this evidence summary is only valid for the outcomes, target groups, settings and substances/patterns of use described below.
