A preliminary investigation of acceptance and commitment therapy as a treatment for chronic skin picking
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Twohig, Michael P.
Hayes, Steven C.
Masuda, Akihiko
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2006
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acceptance , acceptance and commitment therapy , act , cognitive therapy , skin picking , treatment
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The effectiveness of a deliberately limited version of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for chronic skin picking was evaluated in a pair of multiple baseline across participants designs. Self-monitoring of skin picking showed that four of the five participants reached near zero levels of picking by post-treatment, but these gains were not fully maintained for three of the four participants at follow-up. The findings of the self-reported skin picking were generally corroborated by ratings of photographs of the damaged areas and by ratings on a validated measure of skin picking severity. All participants rated the intervention as socially acceptable, and reductions were found on measures of anxiety, depression., and experiential avoidance for most participants as a result of the intervention. Results support the construction of more comprehensive ACT protocols for skin picking. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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0005-7967