Neurological evidence of acceptance and commitment therapy effectiveness in college-age gamblers

Mindfulness-Based Interventions for the Treatment of Substance and Behavioral Addictions: A Systematic Review

“…Four studies did not provide gender data ( 31 , 33 – 35 ), five studies included only females ( 36 – 40 ) and six studies only males ( 41 – 46 ). Moreover, the target population of two studies was adolescence ( 47 , 48 ) and of seven studies were young adults or college students ( 32 , 34 , 42 , 44 , 49 – 51 ). One trial ( 52 ) was focused on individuals with mild intellectual disabilities.…”

“…On the one hand, the most common inclusion criteria were (1) 18 years old or older; (2) English fluency; (3) meeting diagnostic criteria for SUD and other BAs (e.g., gambling disorder); (4) medical clearance; and (5) willingness to be randomized. However, several trials showed other or different inclusion criteria: (1) residency at the treatment center or therapeutic community ( 20 , 30 , 37 ); (2) to be able to speak and read Persian ( 53 ); (3) to be 18–29 ( 40 , 50 ), 18–20 ( 42 ), 14 or older ( 48 ), 18–40 ( 33 ), 20–45 ( 41 ), and 21–29 years old ( 54 ); (4) living in low socioeconomic areas ( 55 ); (5) recurrent pain ( 56 , 57 ); (6) adult with mild intellectual disability ( 52 ), and (7) having participated in a school-based intervention program ( 58 ). Furthermore, there were studies which did not provide these data ( 35 , 44 , 47 , 59 – 63 ).…”

Can Behavior Analysis Help Us Understand and Reduce Racism? A review of the Current Literature

“…A relatively new procedure rooted in RFT principles that combines mindfulness and behavioral-based procedures called acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) stems from the early 1980s (see Zettle, 2005, for a historical and empirical review). In the past few years, researchers have published studies on acceptance and commitment training (ACTr) for parent training (Corti et al, 2018;Gould, Tarbox, & Coyne, 2018;Hahs, Dixon, & Paliliunas, 2018;Pennefather, Hieneman, Raulston, & Caraway, 2018), gambling (Dixon, Wilson, & Habib, 2016), decreasing impulsivity (Dixon et al, 2019), reducing inflexible behavior (Szabo, 2019), teaching job interview skills (Brazeau et al, 2017), training staff (Castro, Rehfeldt, & Root, 2016;Chancey et al, 2018), and increasing academic performance (Paliliunas, Belisle, & Dixon, 2018). ACT may also help us intervene on critical social issues related to racial bias (Levin et al, 2016;Lillis & Hayes, 2007).…”

Interdisciplinary Issues at the Intersection of Assessing and Treating Substance Use Disorders and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Clinical Social Work and Clinical Behavioral Analysis with Veterans

“…ACT targets psychological flexibility through the use of six interconnected processes that include acceptance, present moment focus, diffusion, self as context, committed action, and values (Dixon, Wilson, & Habib, 2016). The empirical evidence in support of ACT as an effective therapeutic technique continues to expand (Maynard et al, 2015;Dixon et al, 2016), and has been evidence of an effective treatment option for substance use disorders (Dixon et al, 2016).…”