Effects of Structured Group Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Psychological Acceptance and Recovery Among Inpatients With Psychotic Disorder: A Pilot Study

Objectives: Psychosocial intervention method is very important for clinical recovery and personal psychosis. Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) a trans-diagnostic approach that has been proven effective in the psychosis but there are few studies South Korea testing its effects. In this paper, structured protocol, ‘Group Psychosis Recovery (G-ACTp)’ was adopted systematized manual developed to investigate effects on psychological acceptance recovery.Methods: 17 patients receiving treatment psychotic symptoms were randomly assigned group control group, respectively. The (n=9) received G-ACTp 5 weeks addition as usual, (n=8) waited with only scores of pre assesment, post follow-up assessment acceptance, recovery, mindfulness, symptoms, depression, anxiety, quality life all compared.Results: As result, significant interaction effect time variables. Also, mindfulness variable, trend interaction. There no depression anxiety variables.Conclusion: result study, it mentioned ACT can be widely used an psychosis, results linked application mental health services Korea. Finally, significance limitations discussed.