Methodological issues in assertive community treatment studies

G J McHugo; W Hargreaves; R E Drake; R E Clark; H Xie; G R Bond; B J Burns

doi:10.1037/h0080333

Methodological issues in assertive community treatment studies

Am J Orthopsychiatry. 1998 Apr;68(2):246-60. doi: 10.1037/h0080333.

Authors

G J McHugo¹, W Hargreaves, R E Drake, R E Clark, H Xie, G R Bond, B J Burns

Affiliation

¹ Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, USA. Gregory.McHugo@Dartmouth.edu

PMID: 9589762
DOI: 10.1037/h0080333

Abstract

Recent evaluations of ACT programs have produced equivocal findings, often leading to the invocation of methodological problems as responsible for the lack of positive results. This paper discusses issues of theory and methodology as they pertain to improving research of ACT, with particular attention paid to issues of sampling, process evaluation, measurement, and data analysis.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bias
Community Mental Health Services* / statistics & numerical data
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Deinstitutionalization* / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / methods*
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / statistics & numerical data
Psychotic Disorders / epidemiology
Psychotic Disorders / rehabilitation*
Research