Assertive Community Treatment

Some of the services the ACT team provides are:

• Individual, couples/family and group therapy
• Development of a crisis treatment/relapse prevention plan
• 24-hour crisis intervention services
• Medication monitoring and psychiatric evaluation
• Mental health education
• Community based family education and consultation
• Symptom management coaching
• Drug and alcohol related services
• Vocational/educational support
• Supportive housing support
• Life skills coaching
• Recreational/socialization activities and support
• Peer support and crisis relapse action plan (WRAP)
• Case management
• Outpatient programs with counseling
• Benefits counseling

The individual must be 18 years of age and older and meet the following criteria:

• Have a diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or other psychotic disorder or bipolar disorder
• Unable to participate or remain engaged in traditional outpatient services
• Has a Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) score of 40 or below

And meet two of the following criteria:

• Have had two psychiatric hospitalizations in the past 12 months
• Have severe, chronic and persistent symptoms of mental illness
• Be homeless (e.g. living in a shelter or on the street)
• Have a co-occurring substance use disorder
• Had a recent incarceration or are currently involved with the criminal justice system
• Is at current risk of needing placement in a residential program or institution if intensive services are not provided

411 Main Street, Suite 105
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
Phone: (570) 422-6721
Fax: (570) 422-6673
info@salisb.com
Counties served: Carbon, Monroe and Pike counties

Team Leader
Jamie Kovacs
jkovacs@salisb.com
Phone: (570) 422-6721 ext. 1079
Fax: (570) 422-6673