Program of Assertive Community Treatment

Hinds Behavioral Health Services Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) is a team approach to providing comprehensive, community-based psychiatric treatment, rehabilitation, and support to people with severe mental illness. PACT teams are mobile, providing convenient and consistent care to individuals in a community-based or home setting at least three times per week. A PACT team including a Nurse Practitioner, Employment Specialist, Therapist, Registered Nurse, Substance Abuse Specialist, and Certified Peer Support Specialist will help tailor a rehabilitation and recovery focused treatment plan to an individual’s goals.

Eligibility

• Adults living in Hinds county
• Severe and persistent mental illness (schizophrenia, other psychotic disorders & bipolar disorder)
• Multiple psychiatric hospitalizations or emergency psychiatric services in the same year
• Significant functional impairments, such as difficulty with practical daily living tasks, vocational impairment, and housing instability
• Qualifying populations: difficulty using “traditional office-based” outpatient services due to debilitating and on-going symptoms, co-existing substance abuse disorder, high risk of criminality or recent criminal justice history, and/or significant difficulty meeting basic survival/self-care needs.
• Non-qualifying populations: primary substance abuse disorder, brain injury, intellectual disability, or other Axis II disorders.

PACT Referral Process

• COMPLETE PACT REFERRAL FORM
• HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS: provide the individual’s last history and physical (or psychiatric evaluation), psychosocial assessment, and three (3) most recent progress notes.
• INPATIENT CARE PROVIDERS: allow time prior to discharge for a required face-to-face pre-screening.

Resource Links:

• Community Support Services
• Peer Support Services