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Assertive Community Treatment

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) offers an intensive, community-based, team approach to care for adults with serious mental illness whose illness demonstrates less responsiveness to traditional clinic treatment services, resulting in relapse, frequent use of crisis services and repeated psychiatric hospital stays.  The comprehensive and intensive services of the ACT program helps people with serious mental illness live in the community, reduce hospitalizations, and improve their quality of life.

ACT teams provide a variety of services, including:

  • Mental health treatment

  • Case management

  • Medication management

  • Employment support

  • Substance abuse treatment

  • Crisis assessments and interventions

  • Family education

  • Wellness skills

Defining Mental Health:

Understanding Key Concepts

"Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)"

An inclusive array of community-based rehabilitative mental health services provided to individuals with serious mental illness who require intensive support to avoid hospitalization.

Services and assistance can include:

  • Housing

  • Finances

  • Family life

  • Employment

  • Medical care

  • Substance use

  • Day-to-day activities

  • Managing symptoms

Service Locations

Horizons Assertive Community Treatment

1607 Fort Street, Lincoln Park, MI 48146

Phone (313) 389-7500

Monday-Friday 8:30am - 6pm

Hegira House Assertive Community Treatment

8315 N. Wayne Road, Westland, MI 48185

Phone (734) 427-1144

Monday-Friday 9am - 5pm

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