Acute treatment of inpatients with psychotic symptoms using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: pilot results.

摘要: Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) has been demonstrated in a number of randomized controlled trials to be efficacious as an adjunctive treatment for psychotic disorders. Emerging evidence suggests the usefulness CBT interventions that incorporate acceptance/mindfulness-based approaches this population. The current study extended previous research by Bach and Hayes (2002. use Acceptance Commitment Therapy prevent rehospitalization patients: A trial. Journal Consulting Clinical Psychology, 70, 1129-1139) using (ACT) psychosis. Psychiatric inpatients with symptoms were randomly assigned enhanced usual (ETAU) or ETAU plus individual sessions ACT. At discharge from hospital, results suggested short-term advantages ACT group affective symptoms, overall improvement, social impairment, distress associated hallucinations. In addition, more participants condition reached clinically significant symptom improvement at discharge. Although 4-month rates lower group, these differences did not reach statistical significance. Decreases believability hallucinations during observed only condition, change was strongly after controlling frequency Results are interpreted largely consistent findings warrant further investigations larger samples.