Acceptance and commitment therapy for treatment-resistant depression

Markanday, Shikha; Data-Franco, João; Dyson, Lisa; Murrant, Susan; Arbuckle, Christie; McGillvray, Jane; Berk, Michael

doi:10.1177/0004867412446491

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“…Consistent with this reasoning, a number of studies have found ACT to be efficacious for treatment resistant (e.g., Clarke, Kingston, Wilson, Bolderston, & Remington, 2012;Markanday et al, 2012) and chronically mentally ill individuals (e.g., Bach & Hayes, 2002;Bach, Hayes, & Gallop, 2012). Cross-therapy features of mindfulness, particularly mindful acceptance of internal experiences, and potential remediation of attention deficits (see Table 1) may be important for people managing frequent or chronic psychiatric symptoms.…”

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confidence: 87%

Towards recovery-oriented psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder: Quality of life outcomes, stage-sensitive treatments, and mindfulness mechanisms

Murray

Leitan

Thomas

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Clinical Psychology Review

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Current adjunctive psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder (BD) aim to impact illness course via information sharing/skill development. This focus on clinical outcomes contrasts with the emergent recovery paradigm, which prioritises adaptation to serious mental illness and movement towards personally meaningful goals. The aim of this review is to encourage innovation in the psychological management of BD by considering three recovery-oriented trends in the literature. First, the importance of quality of life as a target of recovery-oriented clinical work is considered. Second, the recent staging approach to BD is described, and we outline implications for psychosocial interventions tailored to stage. Finally, we review evidence suggesting that mindfulness-based psychosocial interventions have potential across early, middle and late stages of BD. It is concluded that the humanistic emphasis of the recovery paradigm provides a timely stimulus for development of a next generation of psychosocial treatments for people with BD.

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Section: Accepted Manuscriptmentioning

confidence: 87%

Towards recovery-oriented psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder: Quality of life outcomes, stage-sensitive treatments, and mindfulness mechanisms

Murray

Leitan

Thomas

et al. 2017

Clinical Psychology Review

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“…Two modalities of delivering a brief 6-week ACT intervention (face-to-face and internet-delivered) were investigated with positive results on depressive symptoms and overall well-being at both the post-and 18-month follow-up assessments . A preliminary, uncontrolled study investigating a group-format ACT intervention for treatment-resistant depression found significant pre-to post-measurement increases in psychological flexibility and self-compassion (Markanday et al, 2012).…”

Section: Face-to-face Acceptance-and Value-based Interventions For Dementioning

confidence: 99%

“…For treatment-resistant depression, Markanday et al (2012) conducted a preliminary study using a group-format ACT intervention consisting of four weekly sessions. They found significant pre-to post-measurement improvements in psychological flexibility and self-compassion, but no depression measures were reported and the study also lacked a control condition and a follow-up assessment (Markanday et al, 2012). A preliminary study by Ruiz et al (2018) examined a 2-session ACT-based intervention focusing repetitive negative thinking among individuals (n = 10) with emotional symptoms with large effects for emotional symptoms, pathological worry, experiential avoidance, cognitive fusion, repetitive thinking and valued living.…”

Section: Brief Acceptance-and Value-based Interventions For Depressiomentioning

confidence: 99%

What happens after five years?: The long-term effects of a four-session Acceptance and Commitment Therapy delivered by student therapists for depressive symptoms

Kohtala

Muotka

Lappalainen

2017

Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science

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The main objective of this study was to investigate a brief 4-session intervention based on a theoretical framework of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and to explore its short-and long-term effectiveness among individuals reporting depressive symptoms. Additionally, the research aimed at further exploring the elements of psychological flexibility and mindfulness associated with improvements in depressive symptoms. The dissertation comprises three studies. Study I investigated the effectiveness of the brief intervention compared to a waiting-list control group. In total, 57 participants were randomized into either the ACT intervention (n = 28) or the waiting-list control (WLC; n = 29) group, the WLC participants receiving the same intervention later. Additionally, both groups were combined at the 6-month follow-up assessment to gather evidence on the short-term outcomes of the intervention. Study II further explored the effects of the brief intervention by extending the follow-up period to five years. Of the original sample, 60% (n = 35) attended the 5-year follow-up measurement. Study III examined the associations of depressive symptoms with psychological flexibility and mindfulness skills with a subgroup of 33 participants. In Studies I and II, reductions in depressive symptoms were detected after the intervention and the outcomes were maintained across the 5-year follow-up period. Significant improvements were also found in other measures and in psychological flexibility during the treatment period with similarly maintained long-term outcomes. The crosssectional results from Study III showed that higher levels of depressive symptoms at baseline were associated with higher levels of observing and lower levels of psychological flexibility, accepting without judgment and acting with awareness. The findings on treatment-related and long-term changes in depressive symptoms suggest that non-judgmental acceptance was an important factor in the brief intervention. In sum, this study supports the use of the brief 4-hour ACT-based intervention for low mood and emphasizes the importance of developing non-judgmental when treating symptoms of depression.

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“…This is because the dysfunctional thoughts and emotions is relatively common in counselees. The important thing is counselee willing to reject the dysfunctional thoughts and emotions hang of it, so that the counselee will be easier to focus on realistic plans and commitments (Markanday et al, 2012). Bach (2013) explains that an important domain of ACT in the implementation of counseling interventions is the commitment shown by action.…”

Section: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Act)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Acceptance and commitment therapy: the new wave of cognitive behavior therapy

Saputra

Widiasari

2016

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Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is one of the major counseling theories today. However, reliability of this theory has received criticism from other theories, which claim to cognitive interventions do not provide added value on behavioral interventions. The theory criticized and showed dissatisfaction with the practice of CBT is the theory of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Furthermore, ACT is known to a new generation of CBT. ACT is one of the new counseling approach that can be applied to school counselors to deal with the issues of students in the school.

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Acceptance and commitment therapy for treatment-resistant depression

Cited by 13 publications

References 8 publications

Towards recovery-oriented psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder: Quality of life outcomes, stage-sensitive treatments, and mindfulness mechanisms

Towards recovery-oriented psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder: Quality of life outcomes, stage-sensitive treatments, and mindfulness mechanisms

What happens after five years?: The long-term effects of a four-session Acceptance and Commitment Therapy delivered by student therapists for depressive symptoms

Acceptance and commitment therapy: the new wave of cognitive behavior therapy

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