Severe Substance Abuse Problems

The attachments contain the individual and group ACT protocols (and group handouts) that were designed for use in severe substance abuse problems and were tested in:

An Individual ACT protocol designed for use in severe substance abuse problems. Experimental tests to date: Hayes, S. C., Wilson, K. G., Gifford, E. V., Bissett, R., Piasecki, M., Batten, S. V., Byrd, M., & Gregg, J. (2004). A randomized controlled trial of twelve-step facilitation and acceptance and commitment therapy with polysubstance abusing methadone maintained opiate addicts. Behavior Therapy, 35, 667-688.

Note that the group manual was set up to support the individual manual ... it is not designed for use by itself. Exp

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