Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Psychiatric Disorders, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 48-3 - August 27, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editors: Michael Levin, Samuel Spencer
- Language: English
In this issue of Psychiatric Clinics, guest editors Drs. Michael Levin and Sam Spencer bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.… Read more
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In this issue of Psychiatric Clinics, guest editors Drs. Michael Levin and Sam Spencer bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Over the last 25 years, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), an action-oriented approach to psychotherapy, has become widely used and is accepted as an effective technique for treating a variety of physical and mental conditions. In this issue, top experts discuss ACT for anxiety disorders, psychosis, substance use disorders, PTSD, hoarding disorder, psychiatric conditions in youth, and more.
- Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including ACT for obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, eating disorders, and more; as well as research design and measurement: related considerations in ACT; and ACT and future of process-based therapy
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on acceptance and commitment therapy, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews
Psychiatrists
Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Theoretical, Practical, and
Empirical Foundations
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Anxiety Disorders
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Depression
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Psychosis
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Co-occurring Mental and Chronic Health
Conditions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Enhanced Behavior Therapy as An
Intervention for Trichotillomania and Excoriation Disorder (Skin Picking): A Review
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Eating Disorders
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Substance Use Disorders
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
A Conceptual and Empirical Review of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for
Hoarding
Understanding Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Youth
Accepting the Challenge and Committing to the Future of Acceptance and
Commitment Therapy Science
Idionomic Analysis, a Process-Based Approach, and the Ultimate Purpose of
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Empirical Foundations
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Anxiety Disorders
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Depression
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Psychosis
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Co-occurring Mental and Chronic Health
Conditions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Enhanced Behavior Therapy as An
Intervention for Trichotillomania and Excoriation Disorder (Skin Picking): A Review
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Eating Disorders
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Substance Use Disorders
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
A Conceptual and Empirical Review of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for
Hoarding
Understanding Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Youth
Accepting the Challenge and Committing to the Future of Acceptance and
Commitment Therapy Science
Idionomic Analysis, a Process-Based Approach, and the Ultimate Purpose of
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 48-3
- Published: August 27, 2025
- Language: English
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Michael Levin
Michael Levin has over 30 years of experience in the field of pharmaceutical scale-up, instrumentation and process optimization. He has edited a “Pharmaceutical Process Scale-Up” book, and has contributed chapters on “Tablet Press Instrumentation” and “Wet Granulation: End-Point Determination and Scale-Up” in the Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Technology. Michael holds a M.Sc. degree in History and Philosophy of Science from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Ph.D. in BioMathematics (1980) from University of Washington in Seattle. His Post Doctorate studies were at University of Houston, Department of Mechanical Engineering. He participated in numerous wet and dry granulation and tableting projects in major pharmaceutical companies as a provider of process analytical instrumentation, conducted many seminars, performed numerous consulting services and wrote expert reports to clients in the pharmaceutical industry.
Affiliations and expertise
Owner, Pharmaceutical Technology Consulting, Milev LLC, West Orange, NJ; General Manager, Measurement Control Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USASS
Samuel Spencer
Affiliations and expertise
University of North Texas Denton, TX, USA