A Component Analysis of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

University of Sheffield

Status

Completed

Conditions

Mild to Moderate Anxiety and/or Depression

Long-term Physical Health Conditions

Treatments

Behavioral: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02162030

139593

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a specific component of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) called 'Self as Context' is an important and necessary part of this therapeutic approach.

Enrollment

17 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adults of working age (18-65)
Patients with a primary positive diagnosis of a long-term health condition (The most common conditions referred to the service are Diabetes, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [COPD], Rheumatoid Arthritis and Epilepsy) where there is a verifiable medical diagnosis supported by the patients General Practitioner (GP) and/or secondary care physician
Patients with concurrent mental health difficulties (defined as mild - moderate anxiety and/or depression, see table one).

Exclusion criteria

Patients with a primary diagnosis of 'medically unexplained symptoms' (MUS) including somatoform disorders (e.g. pain disorder, conversion disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, hypochondriasis) and functional somatic syndromes (e.g. irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, non-cardiac chest pain, non-epileptic seizures)
Mental health diagnoses in addition to mild - moderate anxiety / depression (e.g. personality disorder, bipolar disorder, psychosis etc.)
Patients in receipt of secondary care mental health services
Patients with severe and enduring mental health difficulties
Significant risk issues, or current substance misuse
Previous contact with mental health services (defined as two or more prior episodes of contact without significant change)
Inpatient admission for mental health difficulties within the last five years
History of overdoses or other self-injury
Stated reluctance to engage in psychotherapy