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The Effects of Assertive Community Treatment Including Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment on Nuisance Acts and Crimes in Dual-Diagnosis Patients

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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.

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  1. Altrecht Psychiatric Institute, ABC straat 8, 3512 PX, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    A. B. P. Staring

  2. Addiction Mental Health North Netherlands, Leonard Springerlaan 27, 9727 KB, Groningen, The Netherlands

    E. Blaauw

  3. Erasmus University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 50, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    C. L. Mulder

  4. Bavo-Europoort Psychiatric Institute, Prins Constantijnweg 48-54, 3066 TA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    C. L. Mulder

  5. Twijnstraat aan de Werf 13-B, 3511 ZE, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    A. B. P. Staring

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Staring, A.B.P., Blaauw, E. & Mulder, C.L. The Effects of Assertive Community Treatment Including Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment on Nuisance Acts and Crimes in Dual-Diagnosis Patients. Community Ment Health J 48, 150–152 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-011-9406-9

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