ACT was used with cancer survivors to encourage healthy habits ( weight loss, diet, and exercise) in order to prevent cancer recurrence. The results were promising and there was improvement in physical activity, dietary habits, and body mass index.

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Populations positively affected by ACT include: 
- College students
- Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Individuals with PTSD after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Psychotic Patients 
- Depressed patients
- Individuals with chronic pain conditions
- Individuals with both Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Depression
- Physical Therapy Patients

Populations that Benefit from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Dindo, L., Van Liew, J. R., & Arch, J. J. (2017). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A Transdiagnostic Behavioral Intervention for Mental Health and Medical Conditions. Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 14(3), 546–553. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13311-017-0521-3

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A Transdiagnostic Behavioral Intervention for Mental Health and Medical Conditions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) has been used amongst college students for the purpose of improving processes of change, and reducing stress/other common psychological symptoms. 

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Used with College Students

Parents of Children with ASD are at a higher risk for developing mental health illness due to greater levels of stress.

Acceptance and Commitment therapy for Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

ACT can be used to help psychotic patients accept hallucinations and delusions that are being suppressed and avoided rather than recognized. 

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Used with Psychotic Patients

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is one of the most commonly seen disorders in primary care and mental health services. As a result of low funding and lack of access to mental health services for many (e.g. counseling), briefer programs designed to treat these disorders are becoming more and more necessary. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a particularly promising option due to its ability to treat more than one disorder at a time, and its many other benefits. 

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy used with Individuals with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Depression 

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) has been used amongst individuals with diagnosed PTSD after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) with the intent to improve mood processes, PTSD specific outcomes and related symptoms, ACT outcomes, and overall quality of life

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