Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Recovery (ACTfR)

ACT for Recovery: A study of training to promote recovery through facilitated and peer support Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) courses for service users and caregivers in community services

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN68540929

Enrollment

Registered

2013-02-25

Start date

2013-02-07

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-10-05

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Conditions

Mental health Mental and Behavioural Disorders Mental and behavioural disorders

Interventions

Arm 1: ACT group workshops. Participants will take part in four sessions of Acceptance and Commitment therapy, each lasting two hours, delivered weekly, and two further 'booster' sessions taking place

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria are broad ? any service user or caregiver within the Promoting Recovery service, with sufficient English to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Participants who are not users of the local service 2. Who do not have sufficient English to participate in a therapeutic group conducted in English 3. Whose clinical presentation makes participation in a moderate duration, moderately high demand group activity inappropriate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Service user and caregiver wellbeing: Warwick-Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale (Tennant et al., 2007), CORE-10 (Barkham et al., 2008) 2. Co-facilitator knowledge and skills Comparison of change from 0 to 12 weeks between groups	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Cost-effectiveness and service use: 1.1. Client service receipt inventory (Beecham & Knapp, 1992) 1.2. Service use in preceding 3 months 2. EQ5D (EuroQuol group, 1990) Compared for week 12 to week 0, and from week 0 to week 12.	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026