Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here for more information

SAGETRACK

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Clinical Case Studies
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Batten, S. V.
Right arrow Articles by Hayes, S. C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Treatment of Comorbid Substance Abuse and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

A Case Study

Sonja V. Batten

VA Maryland Health Care System and University of Maryland School of Medicine, svbatten{at}earthlink.net

Steven C. Hayes

University of Nevada

Although post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance abuse are commonly co-occuring conditions, it is generally recommended that an individual must first receive successful substance abuse treatment before posttraumatic symptoms can be addressed. Given the high comorbidity of these conditions, however, it would be helpful if more broadly focused therapies were available that simultaneously targeted common functional processes underlying the multiple problems of the dually diagnosed. Both PTSD and substance abuse can be conceptualized as disorders with significant experiential avoidance components. One treatment that has been specifically developed for the treatment of experiential avoidance is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). In this case study, application of ACT for an individual with comorbid PTSD and substance abuse is described, and its effects are examined.

Key Words: PTSD • substance abuse • comorbidity • acceptance and commitment therapy • sexual abuse • dual diagnosis

Clinical Case Studies, Vol. 4, No. 3, 246-262 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1534650103259689
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Trauma Violence AbuseHome page
L. M. Najavits
Psychotherapies for Trauma and Substance Abuse in Women: Review and Policy Implications
Trauma Violence Abuse, July 1, 2009; 10(3): 290 - 298.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Clinical Case StudiesHome page
C. Veiga-Martinez, M. Perez-Alvarez, and J. M. Garcia-Montes
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Applied to Treatment of Auditory Hallucinations
Clinical Case Studies, April 1, 2008; 7(2): 118 - 135.
[Abstract] [PDF]