Appropriate Levels of Care for Severe Mental Illness

How can individuals who suffer from severe mental illness receive they care they need upon transitioning out of inpatient care facilities? Support during this period of transition is critical to those in need to help them avoid bouncing back into inpatient facilities or suffering alone in their homes, or worse, on the streets or wrapped up in the criminal justice system.

Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT), a program found throughout the US, is a system of outpatient treatment that extends the level of care for those with severe mental illnesses once they leave inpatient facilities. In this episode, we speak with John Ayers, Vice President of Community-Based Services at FCS and the organization's PACT program lead.
Find out:

• Who can benefit from PACT
• How those with severe mental illness can transition from inpatient care to an outpatient PACT program
• What the concrete benefits of a program like PACT are
• How to immediately get in touch with PACT

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