Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders: A Review

Authors

Michael P. Twohig, Utah State UniversityFollow
Kate L. Morrison, Utah State UniversityFollow
Ellen J. Bluett, Utah State University

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Current Psychiatry Reviews

Volume

10

Issue

4

Publisher

Bentham Science

Publication Date

11-1-2014

First Page

296

Last Page

307

Abstract

This paper reviews Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Obsessive Compulsive (OC) spectrum disorders (e.g., trichotillomania and chronic skin picking). It reviews the philosophy of science that underlies ACT: functional contextualism; the basic research that informs it: learning theory, rule governed behavior and relational frame theory; ACT’s model: psychological flexibility; and the research to date that supports ACT for OCD and OC spectrum disorders. Limitations to this research and future directions are discussed.

Recommended Citation

Twohig, M. P., *Morrison, K. L., & *Bluett, E. J. (2014). Acceptance and commitment therapy for OCD and OC-spectrum disorders. Current Psychiatry Reviews, 10, 296-307.