The Comparison of Four Models of Community Psychiatry—A Systematic Review and Preliminary Meta-Analysis of the ACT Model

IF 3.2 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL Clinical psychology & psychotherapy Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI:10.1002/cpp.70048

Kacper Wilk, Ewelina Kowalewska, Małgorzata Jakubowska, Maria Załuska, Michał Lew-Starowicz

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Abstract

Background

The aim of this systematic review and preliminary meta-analysis is to summarize the effectiveness of selected models of community psychiatry: community mental health center, flexible assertive community treatment, community mental health team and assertive community treatment.

Methods

In order to determine the results of therapeutic interventions, comparison of symptom severity, level of functioning, use of institutional care, quality of life/well-being/recovery and satisfaction at baseline and during follow-up was conducted. Thirty-seven quantitative studies were selected, grouped according to the study model and compared in terms of positive, neutral and negative impact on patients according to efficacy factors. Additionally, a preliminary random-effects meta-analysis was performed on 11 studies to investigate the effectiveness of assertive community treatment.

Results

Review shows the overall positive results of the selected models. The best documented effects were an increase in the level of functioning and a reduction in institutional care. The number of articles collected indicates that community mental health center and assertive community treatment are better researched than community mental health team and flexible assertive community treatment models. Meta-analysis on assertive community treatment studies showed significant pooled effect sizes for domains of functioning, quality of life, hospitalizations and symptom severity.

Conclusions

The community mental health center and assertive community treatment are most likely to indicate efficiency and safety. The community mental health team and flexible assertive community treatment models should be explored in future studies. Results of the preliminary meta-analysis provide further evidence for the effectiveness of assertive community treatment.

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Clinical psychology & psychotherapy PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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期刊介绍： Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy aims to keep clinical psychologists and psychotherapists up to date with new developments in their fields. The Journal will provide an integrative impetus both between theory and practice and between different orientations within clinical psychology and psychotherapy. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy will be a forum in which practitioners can present their wealth of expertise and innovations in order to make these available to a wider audience. Equally, the Journal will contain reports from researchers who want to address a larger clinical audience with clinically relevant issues and clinically valid research.