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Descriptor English: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Descriptor Spanish: Terapia de Aceptación y Compromiso
Descriptor tratamiento de aceptación y responsabilidad
Scope note: Forma centrada contextualmente de psicoterapia conductual cognitiva que emplea la ATENCIÓN y la activación conductual para aumentar la flexibilidad psicológica de los pacientes en áreas tales como la capacidad para comprometerse en conductas positivas basadas en valores al tiempo que experimentan pensamientos, emociones o sensaciones difíciles.
Descriptor Portuguese: Terapia de Aceitação e Compromisso
Descriptor French: Thérapie d'acceptation et d'engagement
Tree number(s): F04.754.137.350.249
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D064869
Scope note: Contextually focused form of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy that uses MINDFULNESS and behavioral activation to increase patients' psychological flexibility in areas such as ability to engage in values-based, positive behaviors while experiencing difficult thoughts, emotions, or sensations.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Cognitive Therapy (1990-2013)
Public MeSH Note: 2014
History Note: 2014
DeCS ID: 55386
Unique ID: D064869
NLM Classification: WM 425.5.C6
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Date Established: 2014/01/01
Date of Entry: 2013/07/08
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - Preferred
Concept UI M0584482
Scope note Contextually focused form of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy that uses MINDFULNESS and behavioral activation to increase patients' psychological flexibility in areas such as ability to engage in values-based, positive behaviors while experiencing difficult thoughts, emotions, or sensations.
Preferred term Acceptance and Commitment Therapy



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