“…The team of Stein, Test, and Marx at the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison, Wisconsin are credited with the creation of the ACT model, which received a Gold Award as early as 1974 under the name "community treatment" [2][3][4]. Originating in their work with persons with chronic schizophrenia, the ACT model is another historic example of how innovations in the treatment of schizophrenia have decisively changed fundamental approaches in mental health *Address correspondence to this author at Liberty Healthcare Corporation, 401 E. City Ave., Suite 820, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004, USA; Tel: 610-668-8800; Fax: 610-667-5559; E-mail: jerryj@libertyhealth.com treatment [5]. The essential ACT model calls for a "total team approach" by an interdisciplinary team (typically consisting of a psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse, social worker and/or other mental health professional), who are dedicated to closely monitoring and supporting a specific, small caseload of persons with severe mental illness in real life community settings.…”