The Use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Substance Use Disorders: A Review of Literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a form of behavioral therapy that teaches people to learn to accept rather than avoid challenging situations in their lives. ACT has shown to be an intervention with great success in the reduction of various mental disorders and substance use disorders (SUDs). The core of ACT when used in SUD treatment is guiding people to accept the urges and symptoms associated with substance misuse (acceptance) and use psychological flexibility and value-based interventions to reduce those urges and the symptoms (commitment). The purpose of this study is to review the existing literature to examine the evidence on the use of ACT in the management of SUD.

Methods

A thorough search of four databases (CINAHL, PubMed.gov, PsycINFO and Psyc

SUBMITTER: Osaji J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7524566 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature