San Francisco Assisted Outpatient Treatment Exceedingly Successful says new Report
Source: Harder + Co Community Research and San Francisco Department of Public Health
Resource Type: Documents and Publications
Focus Population: Behavioral Health Workforce, Peers/Clients/Consumers, People with Criminal or Juvenile Justice System Involvement
Topics: Behavioral Health Services, Best Practices, Community Defined or Evidence Based Practices, Behavioral Health Workforce, Criminal or Juvenile Justice System, Crisis Continuum of Care, Mental Health Services Act (MHSA): Program Funding, Administration, Substance Use Disorder(s)
The following is a summary of San Francisco’s report, which was based on a three-year evaluation period: AOT Participants demonstrated overall reductions in PES visits, inpatient psychiatric hospitalization, and incarceration. Among all AOT Participants to-date, 74% reduced or avoided PES contact through participation in AOT, 91% reduced or avoided time spent hospitalized, and 88% reduced or avoided time spent incarcerated. Among the group of 17 court ordered AOT participants, all 17 reduced or avoided PES contact, 14 reduced or avoided time spent hospitalized, and 15 reduced or avoided time spent incarcerated.