Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

A transdiagnostic behavioral intervention for mental health and medical conditions
CAMH Grand Rounds presented September 2018
Learning Objectives: to better understand the value of transdiagnostic treatments; to explain the rationale for identifying depression and anxiety among patients with chronic disease; to describe the role of avoidance in the exacerbation of pain, anxiety, and depression; to understand the mechanisms of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Presenter: Dr. Lilian Dindo of Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center.
For more:
On Lilian Dindo
scholar.google.ca/citations?u...
www.bcm.edu/people/view/lilia...
On ACT
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Prevention of Chronic Postsurgical Pain and Opioid Use in At-Risk Veterans: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Study
www.jpain.org/article/S1526-5...