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Rochester Forensic Assertive Community Treatment Model in Minnesota
Sponsor: University of Rochester
Summary
This study evaluates the Rochester Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (R-FACT) model in Minnesota. R-FACT is an enhanced version of Assertive Community Treatment designed to support individuals with serious mental illness who are involved in the criminal justice system. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either the R-FACT intervention or standard outpatient mental health services. The study examines whether R-FACT reduces criminal justice involvement, improves mental health outcomes, and enhances community functioning compared to usual care over a 24-month follow-up period.
Official title: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Rochester Forensic Assertive Community Treatment Model in Minnesota
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
40
Start Date
2020-01-23
Completion Date
2025-04-05
Last Updated
2026-05-26
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
R-FACT intervention
A structured, team-based model of care adapted from Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) that provides intensive, community-based psychiatric services with integrated supervision and coordination with criminal justice and social service systems. The model emphasizes reduced caseloads, frequent participant contact, continuity of care, and collaborative problem solving between mental health and criminal justice staff with an emphasis on finding therapeutic alternatives to punishment.
Standard Outpatient Treatment
Routine outpatient mental health services delivered through existing community systems, including standard psychiatric care and case management without the enhanced structure or intensity of the R-FACT model.
Locations (1)
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York, United States