Acceptance and commitment therapy for psychosis: intent to treat, hospitalization outcome and mediation by believability

Preliminary results of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) brief group intervention for psychosis

“…Our results follow previous research on third generation therapies for psychosis [1,2]. ACT participants improved in a wider range of measures and 2 of the 3 patients improved significantly in both symptoms, cognitive processes and positive indicators of adjustment (without any deterioration).…”

“…Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a contextual-behavioral therapy with promising results in various psychological disorders, including psychosis [1]. This study aims to compare the potential benefits of a 4-session ACT group intervention with the interventions commonly offered in Portugal.…”

Avaliação da ideação delirante: uma revisão narrativa dos instrumentos de autorresposta

“…The delusion conviction seems to be an important dimension to assess and has been an intervention target in psychological therapies for psychosis, with lower levels of conviction being found as a predictor of outcome (overall symptom reduction) for brief CBT in patients with delusions (Brabban, Tai, & Turkington, 2009). Studies delivering Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for psychosis have also found an important role of ' symptom believability' (conviction in psychotic symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations), namely as a mediator of the effect of the treatment condition on the reduction of rehospitalisation at the four-month follow-up (Bach, Gaudiano, Hayes, & Herbert, 2013).…”

A review on theoretical models of suicide

“…Low levels of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) are found on Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of depressed persons who attempted suicide and in the brainstems of persons committing suicides. This proves that there is a decrease in neurotransmission of serotonin in the brain of suicidal patients [13,14].…”