Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Psychotic Inpatients

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Psychotic Inpatients

The overarching aim of the research project is to investigate whether Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an efficacious psychotherapeutic method of treatment for inpatients suffering from acute psychosis.

The method will be applied in two ways. Firstly, as an individual treatment for patients. Secondly, as an integrated part of the daily work on an inpatient ward, administered by nurses and assistant nurses trained in the method.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Admitted to a specified psychiatric inpatient ward during the time-period of the study; psychotic spectrum diagnosis as specified in patient charts; assessed by contact person on the ward as having delusions or hallucinations.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cognitive difficulties to an extent where informed consent cannot be given.