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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Compared to Treatment as Usual in Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Author(s): Silvina B Tonarelli, Rebecca Pasillas, Luis Alvarado, Alok Dwivedi and Andrea CancellareSilvina B Tonarelli, Rebecca Pasillas, Luis Alvarado, Alok Dwivedi and Andrea Cancellare
Introduction: Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders are chronic conditions. Although antipsychotic medications are the first line of treatment, many patients continued to have symptoms. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a therapy that applies mindfulness to teach patients accepting the existence of symptoms rather than avoid them. A meta-analysis was conducted to measure the efficacy of ACT in treatment of psychosis. Methods: A systematic review search was conducted using the following keywords: "acceptance and commitment therapy", "randomized", "clinical trials", "psychosis"," schizophrenia", and "major depressive disorder AND psychosis". All studies were read by two authors and checked for eligibility. Studies were included if randomly allocate .. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/2378-5756.1000366