Acceptance and commitment therapy applied to early psychosis: Therapeutic foundations and a narrative systematic review

Table 6 Description of the intervention protocol: Acceptance and commitment therapy-based intervention to improve medication adherence

Session/content	Session/content
Session 1: Commitment to the group program and understanding of psychosis, treatment, and care	Sessions 4-6: Goal review, mindfulness skill development, addressing medication ambivalence, and enhancing interpersonal and communication skills
Session 2: Introduction to ACT and beliefs about illness and medication	Sessions 7-9: Identifying obstacles to goal attainment, working on acceptance of unpleasant emotional experiences, and learning to break negative thought patterns
Session 3: Improved self-management of psychotic symptoms and negative thoughts, and medical history review	Session 10: Evaluation of changes and self-reflection, development of future plans and practices: “Maintaining effective coping strategies in high-risk life situations” and “behavioral rehearsal of relapse prevention”

AIM-AT: ACT-based intervention to improve medication adherence[69]. ACT: Acceptance and commitment therapy.