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What is ACT Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a branch of cognitive-behavioral therapy, an empirically based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies together with commitment and behavior change strategies to increase psychological flexibility.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Avoidance of challenges and stress 2 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Anxious mood 2 1 Efficacy_slight
Depressed mood 2 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Fibromyalgia 1 1 Efficacy_slight
Brain fog 1 1 Efficacy_moderate
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) 1 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 2 patients currently using ACT Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 3

Reported Schedules

  1 hr weekly 1.5 hr weekly
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using ACT Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 100%
Other 1   Other: 50%

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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Stopped Using ACT Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of ACT Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Always
 1 33%
Usually
 1 33%
Sometimes
 1 33%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of ACT Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 33%
A little
 1 33%
Not at all
 1 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of ACT Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

$200+
 2 100%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on May 24, 2012.