Acceptance-Enhanced Behavior Therapy (AEBT) for Trichotillomania and Chronic Skin Picking: Exploring the Effects of Component Sequencing Export

@article{citeulike:5785227, abstract = {This pilot study examined the utility of acceptance-enhanced behavior therapy (AEBT) for trichotillomania (TTM) and chronic skin picking (CSP) and the impact of altering treatment sequence on overall treatment efficacy. Participants referred to a TTM and CSP specialty clinic were assessed by an independent evaluator within separate, nonconcurrent, multiple-baseline designs across participants. The first group of three participants received habit-reversal training (HRT) followed by acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and the second group of two participants received ACT followed by HRT. Results indicated that AEBT greatly reduced pulling/picking for all five participants and that the order in which ACT and HRT were implemented made little or no difference in short-term treatment outcome. Conclusions, limitations, and future areas of research are discussed. 10.1177/0145445507313800}, author = {Flessner, Christopher A. and Busch, Andrew M. and Heideman, Paul W. and Woods, Douglas W.}, citeulike-article-id = {5785227}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145445507313800}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://bmo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/32/5/579}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18334614}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18334614}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0145445507313800}, journal = {Behav Modif}, keywords = {act, habit-reversal, skin-picking, therapy, trichotillomania}, month = {September}, number = {5}, pages = {579--594}, posted-at = {2009-09-15 07:48:01}, priority = {2}, title = {Acceptance-Enhanced Behavior Therapy (AEBT) for Trichotillomania and Chronic Skin Picking: Exploring the Effects of Component Sequencing}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145445507313800}, volume = {32}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5785227 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5785227 N2 - This pilot study examined the utility of acceptance-enhanced behavior therapy (AEBT) for trichotillomania (TTM) and chronic skin picking (CSP) and the impact of altering treatment sequence on overall treatment efficacy. Participants referred to a TTM and CSP specialty clinic were assessed by an independent evaluator within separate, nonconcurrent, multiple-baseline designs across participants. The first group of three participants received habit-reversal training (HRT) followed by acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and the second group of two participants received ACT followed by HRT. Results indicated that AEBT greatly reduced pulling/picking for all five participants and that the order in which ACT and HRT were implemented made little or no difference in short-term treatment outcome. Conclusions, limitations, and future areas of research are discussed. 10.1177/0145445507313800 IS - 5 JF - Behav Modif EP - 594 TI - Acceptance-Enhanced Behavior Therapy (AEBT) for Trichotillomania and Chronic Skin Picking: Exploring the Effects of Component Sequencing VL - 32 SP - 579 KW - act KW - habit-reversal KW - skin-picking KW - therapy KW - trichotillomania AU - Flessner, Christopher AU - Busch, Andrew AU - Heideman, Paul AU - Woods, Douglas PY - 2008/09/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145445507313800 ER -