Abstract
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams provide the most intensive care for patients with serious mental illness. This online study surveyed the 88 ACT and Flexible ACT (FACT) teams in Ontario, Canada (144/232 surveys, 62.1%) during the height of Covid-19 in 2021, and qualitative thematic analysis on impact of team function and patient outcome showed challenges of teams switching to virtual care, reduced psychosocial services, division to smaller groups, staff redeployment, having unequal compensations, and exacerbated regional differences; there were also increased patient stress, loneliness, hospital and ER visits, substance use and related deaths, and police/crisis team involvement. There was limited morbidity related to actual Covid-19; and positive adaptations included observed independence and resilience, increased interdependence with community partners, and new communication formats.
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