Pressure and perceived coerciveness in an assertive community treatment program: an exploratory study
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Background Limited evidence suggests that Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams may in some cases be unnecessarily coercive. The study aimed to adapt or develop measures of client-perceived coerciveness, and of actual pressure or coercion, in an ACT setting. It also aimed to examine the association between these two constructs, as well as their associations with client sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.
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