Psychosis SIG

Psychosis SIG

Psychosis SIG

Affiliated 2015

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Contact Information

Mårten Tyrberg, Ph.D.
Sweden

SIG Mission/Objectives

- Facilitating contact between people from ACBS who work with psychosis
- Spreading/sharing material (protocols, stand-alone sessions, latest publications, ...) and experiences (do’s and don’t’s) on psychosis
- Linking ACT/CBS/RFT-perspectives on psychosis with other approaches

General interest area to be specifically addressed by this SIG:

Building/expanding a functional contextual approach for research on and working with psychosis/serious mental illness.

Description of SIG membership 

SIG members are ACBS members with an interest in research and practice in understanding helping people with serious mental illness.

SIG Activities

- Email listserv
- Twitter @ACBSPsychosis
- Facebook page
- SIG Resources webpage
- Sponsoring submissions to the ACBS World Conference

If there are other activities that you would like the SIG to engage in, please post on the email listserv and connect with others interested. 

Eric Morris

Psychosis SIG Resources

Psychosis SIG Resources

State of ACT Evidence

  • Division 12 of the APA lists ACT as supported for Psychosis with modest research support. http://www.div12.org/psychological-treatments/treatments/
  • Australian Psychological Society, Evidence Based Psychological Interventions in the Treatment of Mental Disorders lists ACT as Level II Evidence for Psychotic disorders. https://www.psychology.org.au/getmedia/23c6a11b-2600-4e19-9a1d-6ff9c2f26fae/Evidence-based-psych-interventions.pdf

Treatment Protocols and Manuals

Books

  • ACT for Psychosis Recovery: A Practical Manual for Group-Based Interventions Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (2018)
  • CBT for Psychosis: Process-oriented Therapies and the Third wave (2018) has a chapter on ACT for Psychosis.
  • Incorporating Acceptance and Mindfulness into the Treatment of Psychosis: Current Trends and Future Directions (2015)
  • Treating Psychosis: A Clinician's Guide to Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness Approaches within the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Tradition (2014)
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness for Psychosis (2013)

JCBS Articles

  • Larsson, C., Fatouros-Bergman, H., Isaksson, A., Johansson, M., Kaldo, V., Parling, T., & Lundgren, T. (2022). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for inpatients with psychosis –an acceptability and feasibility single case AB designed study. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 25, 44-60.
  • Moran, O., Larsson, A., & McHugh, L. (2021) Investigating cognitive fusion, mindfulness and experiential avoidance in relation to psychosis-like symptoms in the general population.  Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 21, 136-143.
  • Wakefield, S., Roebuck, S., & Boyden, P. (2018) The evidence base of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in psychosis: A systematic review. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 10, Pages 1-13
  • Martins, M. J., Barreto Carvalho, C., Macedo, A., Pereira, A. T., Braehler, C., Gumley, A., Castilho, P. (2018) Recovery through affiliation: A compassionate approach to schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder (COMPASS). Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 9, 97-102.
  • Castilho, P., Martins, M. J., Pinto, A. M., Viegas, R., Carvalho, S., & Madeira, N. (2017). Understanding the effect of attachment styles in paranoid ideation: The mediator role of experiential avoidance. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 6(1), 42-46.
  • Moitra, E., Gaudiano, B.A. (2016) A psychological flexibility model of medication adherence in psychotic-spectrum disorders. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 5, 252-257
  • Butler, L., Johns, L. C., Byrne, M., Joseph, C., O’Donoghue, E., Jolley, S., … Oliver, J. E. (2016). Running acceptance and commitment therapy groups for psychosis in community settings. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 5, 33–38.
  • White, R. G., Gumley, A. I., McTaggart, J., Rattrie, L., McConville, D., Cleare, S., McLeod, H. J., & Mitchell, G. (2015). Acceptance and commitment therapy for depression following psychosis: An examination of clinically significant change. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 4, 203-209.

ACT Randomized Controlled Trials

  • Myin-Germeys, I., van Aubel, E., Vaessen, T., Steinhart, H., Klippel, A., Lafit, G., Viechtbauer, W., Batink, T., van Winkel, R., van der Gaag, M., van Amelsvoort, T., Marcelis, M., Schirmbeck, F., de Haan, L., & Reininghaus, U. (2022 in press). Efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Daily Life in Early Psychosis: Results from the Multi-Center INTERACT Randomized Controlled Trial. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. DOI: 10.1159/000522274
  • Yıldız, E., & Aylaz, R. & Lillis, J. (in press). How counseling based on acceptance and commitment therapy and supported with motivational interviewing affects levels of functional recovery in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia: A quasi-experimental study. Clinical Nursing Research. DOI: 10.1177/1054773820935592
  • Nasr El Ashry, A. M., Abd El Dayem, S. M. & Ramadan, F. H. (2021). Effect of applying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on auditory hallucinations among patients with schizophrenia. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 35(2), 141-152. DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2021.01.003.
  • Jolley, S., Johns, L. C., O’Donoghue, E., Oliver, J., Khondoker, M., Byrne, M., Butler, L., De Rosa, C., Leal, D., McGovern, J., Rasiukeviciute, B., Sim, F. & Morris, E. (in press 2020). Group acceptance and commitment therapy for patients and caregivers in psychosis services: Feasibility of training and a preliminary randomized controlled evaluation. British Journal of Clinical Psychology.
  • van Aubel, E., Bakker, J. M., Batink, T., Michielse, S., Goossens, L., Lange, I., Schruers, K., Lieverse, R., Marcelis, M., van Amelsvoort, T., van Os, J., Wichers, M., Vassen, T., Reininghaus, U., & Myin-Germeys, I. (2020). Blended care in the treatment of subthreshold symptoms of depression and psychosis in emerging adults: A randomised controlled trial of acceptance and commitment therapy in daily-life (ACT-DL). Behaviour Research and Therapy, 128.
  • Spidel, A., Daigneault, I., Kealy, D. & Lecomte, T. (2019). Acceptance and commitment therapy for psychosis and trauma: Investigating links between trauma severity, attachment and outcome. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 47, 230-243.
  • Moghbel Esfahani, S., & Haghayegh, SA. (2019). The Effectiveness of ACT on Resilience, Meaning in Life, and Family Function in Family Caregivers of Patients with Schizophrenia. The Journal of Horizon Med Sci, 25(4), 298-311. DOI: 10.32598/hms.25.4.298
  • Baveja, D. (2018). Impact of Brief Protocol Based on Principles of ACT on Patients with Chronic Schizophrenia. International Journal of Research in Engineering, IT and Social Sciences, 8(6) 220-228.
  • Tyrberg, M. J., Carlbring, P., & Lundgren, T. (2017). Brief acceptance and commitment therapy for psychotic inpatients: A randomized controlled feasibility trial in Sweden. Nordic Psychology, 69, 110-125.
  • Gumley, A., White, R., Briggs, A., Ford, I., Barry, S., Stewart, C., Beedie, S., McTaggart, J., Clarke, C., MacLeod, R., Lidstone, E., Salgado Riveros, B., Young, R., & McLeod, H. (2017). A parallel group randomised open blinded evaluation of acceptance and commitment therapy for depression after psychosis: Pilot trial outcomes (ADAPT). Schizophrenia Research, 183, 143-150.
  • Shawyer, F., Farhall, J., Thomas, N., Hayes, S. C., Gallop, R., Copolov, D., & Castle, D. J. (2017). Acceptance and commitment therapy for psychosis: Randomised controlled trial. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 210, 140-148.
  • Gaudiano, B. A., Busch, A. M., Wenze, S. J., Nowlan, K., Epstein-Lubow, G., & Miller, I. W. (2015). Acceptance-based behavior therapy for depression with psychosis: Results from a pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 21, 320-333.
  • Minkesh, C., & Masroor, J. (2014). Reducing internalized stigma of mental illness among patients with schizophrenia using acceptance and commitment therapy. Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology, 41, 94-101.
  • Shawyer F, Farhall J, Mackinnon A, Trauer T, Sims E, Ratcliff K, Larner C, Thomas N, Castle D, Mullen P, Copolov D. (2012) A randomised controlled trial of acceptance-based cognitive behavioural therapy for command hallucinations in psychotic disorders. Behav Res Ther, 50(2):110-21.
  • White, R. G., Gumley, A. I., McTaggart, J., Rattrie, L., McConville, D., Cleare, S, & Mitchell, G. (2011). A feasibility study of acceptance and commitment therapy for emotional dysfunction following psychosis. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 49, 901-907.
  • Gaudiano, B. A., & Herbert, J. D. (2006). Acute treatment of inpatients with psychotic symptoms using acceptance and commitment therapy: Pilot results. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 44, 415-437.
  • Bach, P. & Hayes, Steven C. (2002). The use ofacceptance and commitment therapy to prevent the rehospitalization of psychotic patients: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70(5), 1129-1139.

Meta-Analyses and Systematic Reviews

  • Morris, E.M.J., Johns, L.C., & Gaudiano, B.A. (2023 in press). Acceptance and commitment therapy for psychosis: current status, lingering questions and future directions. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12479
  • Reich, D., Evans, S., Nelson, B., Hickey, T. & O’Shea, M. (2021). Evidence map of mindfulness for stages of psychosis: State of the literature and implications for future research. Mindfulness, 12, 1860–1877. DOI: 10.1007/s12671-021-01611-x
  • Li, Y., Coster, S., Norman, I., Chien, W.T., Qin, J., Tse, M.L., Bressington, D. (2021). Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectivenessof mindfulness-based interventions for people with recent-onset psychosis: A systematic review. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 15, 3–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.12929
  • Brown, E., Shrestha, M., & Gray, R. (2021). The safety and efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy against psychotic symptomatology: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 43(3), 324–336. https:/doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2020-0948
  • Jens Einar Jansen, John Gleeson, Sarah Bendall, Simon Rice, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez (2020) Acceptance- and mindfulness-based interventions for persons with psychosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Research, Volume 215, Pages 25-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2019.11.016
  • Wood, L., Williams, C., Billings, J. & Johnson, S. (2020). A systematic review and meta-analysis of cognitive behavioural informed psychological interventions for psychiatric inpatients with psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 222, 133-144. DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2020.03.041
  • K. Barnicot, C. Michael, E. Trione, S. Lang, T. Saunders, M. Sharp, M.J. Crawford (2020) "Psychological interventions for acute psychiatric inpatients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis" Clinical Psychology Review, Volume 82, December 2020, 101929.
  • Yildiz, E. (2020). The effects of acceptance and commitment therapy in psychosis treatment: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 56(1), 149-167. DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12396
  • Lincoln, T. M., & Pedersen , A. (2019). An Overview of the Evidence for Psychological Interventions for Psychosis: Results From Meta-Analyses. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 1(1), 1-23. DOI: 10.32872/cpe.v1i1.31407
  • Sarah Wakefield, Stephanie Roebuck, Paul Boyden (2018) The evidence base of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in psychosis: A systematic review. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 10, Pages 1-13.
  • Louise S, Fitzpatrick M, Strauss C, Rossell SL, Thomas N. Mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions for psychosis: Our current understanding and a meta-analysis. Schizophr Res. 2018 Feb;192:57-63. DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.05.023
  • Cramer, Holger & Lauche, Romy & Haller, Heidemarie & Langhorst, Jost & Dobos, Gustav. (2016). Mindfulness- and Acceptance-based Interventions for Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Global Advances in Health and Medicine, 5. 30-43. DOI: 10.7453/gahmj.2015.083.
  • DiGiacomo, A., Moll, S., MacDermid, J. & Law, M. (2016) Interventions basées sur la pleine conscience dans le traitement des symptômes de la psychose : un examen systématique narrative [Mindfulness-Based Interventions in the Treatment of Symptoms of Psychosis: A Narrative Systematic Review]. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy / Revue canadienne de counseling et de psychothérapie, 50(1), 18–34.
  • Tonarelli, S. B., Pasillas, R., Alvarado, L., Dwivedi, A., & Cancellare, A. (2016). Acceptance and commitment therapy compared to treatment as usual in psychosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Psychiatry, 19, 366. DOI: 10.4172/2378-5756.1000366
  • Khoury, B., Lecomte, T., Gaudiano, B. A., & Paquin, K. (2013). Mindfulness interventions for psychosis: A meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Research, 150(1), 176–184. DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.07.055

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