The safety and efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy against psychotic symptomatology: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a third-wave psychological intervention that has attracted considerable clinical and research attention. A previous meta-analysis of ACT trials in psychosis reported a large effect size of ACT against overall psychotic symptomatology. However, there were critical methodological issues in the review that justify replication.

Methods

Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) testing ACT vs. any comparator condition in a sample of adults with psychosis. The outcome of interest was overall psychotic symptomatology.

Results

The search identified seven published and eight unpublished trials (of which we were able to obtain data from one). Data on symptomatology were extracted from six tria

SUBMITTER: Brown E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8136399 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature