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A Multiple-City RCT of Housing First With Assertive Community Treatment for Homeless Canadians With Serious Mental Illness

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Housing First with assertive community treatment (ACT) is a promising approach to assist people with serious mental illness to exit homelessness. The article presents two-year findings from a multisite trial on the effectiveness of Housing First with ACT. METHODS: The study design was a randomized controlled trial conducted in five Canadian cities. A sample of 950 participants with serious mental illness who were absolutely homeless …

Authors

Aubry T; Goering P; Veldhuizen S; Adair CE; Bourque J; Distasio J; Latimer E; Stergiopoulos V; Somers J; Streiner DL

Journal

Psychiatric Services, Vol. 67, No. 3, pp. 275–281

Publisher

American Psychiatric Association Publishing

Publication Date

March 1, 2016

DOI

10.1176/appi.ps.201400587

ISSN

1075-2730