A systematic review of inclusion of minoritized populations in randomized controlled trials of acceptance and commitment therapy

Editorial: Power, discrimination, and privilege in individuals and institutions

“…Likewise, our professional societies, and by extension the products produced by them, are also rife with biases. Faber, Metzger et al took a deep dive into an organization with a stated vision of “alleviat[ing] human suffering,” the Association for Contextual and Behavioral Science (ACBS), to uncover anti-Black racism in their membership, organizational procedures, and scholarship that emerged from their journals (e.g., Misra et al, 2023 ). The outcome of this investigation was documenting that no Black people had held leadership positions in the organization at the time that article was submitted, severe unaddressed experiences of racism by Black ACBT members, and sparse scholarship about clinical uses for ACT for that demographic.…”