TY - JOUR
T1 - The active therapeutic processes of acceptance and commitment therapy for persistent symptoms of psychosis
T2 - Clients' perspectives
AU - Bacon, Tory
AU - Farhall, John
AU - Fossey, Eleanor
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - Background: There is limited research on the applicability and effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for people experiencing psychotic disorders. Clinical trials suggest ACT may be efficacious in reducing distress and rehospitalization rates in psychosis.
Mindfulness and reduced literal believability of thought content have been associated with reduced distress for this population.
Aims: To better understand ACT for psychosis, this study investigated clients? perspectives of the hypothesized active therapeutic processes of ACT.
AB - Background: There is limited research on the applicability and effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for people experiencing psychotic disorders. Clinical trials suggest ACT may be efficacious in reducing distress and rehospitalization rates in psychosis.
Mindfulness and reduced literal believability of thought content have been associated with reduced distress for this population.
Aims: To better understand ACT for psychosis, this study investigated clients? perspectives of the hypothesized active therapeutic processes of ACT.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84901415409
U2 - 10.1017/S1352465813000209
DO - 10.1017/S1352465813000209
M3 - Article
SN - 1352-4658
VL - 42
SP - 402
EP - 420
JO - Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
JF - Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
IS - 4
ER -