Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for eating disorders: Clinical applications of a group treatment
Eating disorders, particularly among adult patients with a long course of illness, are exceptionally difficult to treat. The few existing empirically supported treatments for adult patients with bulimia nervosa do not lead to symptom remission for a large portion of patients. For adults with anorexia nervosa there are currently no empirically supported treatments.
Baseline eating disorder severity predicts response to an acceptance and commitment therapy-based group treatment
The present study investigated whether more severe baseline eating pathology (e.g. baseline symptomatology, previous hospitalizations, and low weight in anorexia nervosa) moderated the effect of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-based group treatment. Participants were 140 women who were admitted to an inpatient facility for eating disorders. Women were categorized as anorexia nervosa spectrum or bulimia nervosa spectrum at intake and completed measures of eating pathology.
Psychological flexibility and self-concealment as predictors of disordered eating symptoms
The present cross-sectional study investigated whether self-concealment and psychological flexibility were uniquely associated with different facets of disordered eating (DE; i.e., dieting, bulimia/food preoccupation, and oral control) and whether these associations varied across gender. Participants included 621 female and 212 male college students, ages 18–24 years old.
Creating a strategy for progress: A contextual behavioral science approach
Behavior analysis is a field dedicated to the development and application of behavioral principles to the understanding and modification of the psychological actions of organisms. As such, behavior analysis was committed from the beginning to a comprehensive account of behavior, stretching from animal learning to complex human behavior.
Creating a strategy for progress: A contextual behavioral science approach
Behavior analysis is a field dedicated to the development and application of behavioral principles to the understanding and modification of the psychological actions of organisms. As such, behavior analysis was committed from the beginning to a comprehensive account of behavior, stretching from animal learning to complex human behavior.
Acceptance or Change: Treating Socially Anxious College Students with ACT or CBGT
Traditionally, cognitive-behavioral therapy has worked from the assumption that anxiety, depression and other forms of emotional discomfort are caused by maladaptive or irrational patterns of thinking. Cognitive-behavioral therapists have developed an informationprocessing model, whereby hypothesized cognitive structures, or schemas, are causally involved in the development of psychopathology.
Acceptance or Change: Treating Socially Anxious College Students with ACT or CBGT
Traditionally, cognitive-behavioral therapy has worked from the assumption that anxiety, depression and other forms of emotional discomfort are caused by maladaptive or irrational patterns of thinking. Cognitive-behavioral therapists have developed an informationprocessing model, whereby hypothesized cognitive structures, or schemas, are causally involved in the development of psychopathology.