The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Prolonged Grief Disorder

Not Applicable

Conditions: prolonged grief disorder.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
F43.1

Registration Number: IRCT20240602061981N1

Lead Sponsor: Islamic Azad University

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

This includes receiving a diagnosis of long-term grief disorder based on the long-term grief questionnaire of Prigerson et al. (2021) and a structured clinical interview by the criteria of the revised text of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders;
Being between 19 and 50 years old;
don't receive medication at the time of diagnosis and during the research period;
No history of substance abuse or substance dependence
Inefficiency of other psychological interventions

Exclusion Criteria

Having severe co-occurring disorders including major depressive disorder, personality disorders, bipolar disorders.
Having some kind of medical condition that makes the person seek immediate treatment
Patients with features of psychosis, mania or hypomania, or borderline personality disorders (because these patients have emotional instability and the process of evaluating their mood will be difficult).

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prolonged grief disorder. Timepoint: The study variables were measured before the intervention and after the intervention. Method of measurement: prolonged grief disorder score in the lprolonged griefquestionnaire of Prigerson et al. (2021).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Emotion regulation score. Timepoint: The variables of this study were measured before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: The emotion regulation score in John and Gross's 10 question emotion regulation questionnaire.;Self-compassion. Timepoint: The variables of this study were measured before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: the self-compassion score in Self-Compassion Scale-Long Form by Neff et al (2003).;Cognitive fusion. Timepoint: The variables of this study were measured before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: the cognitive fusion score in Gillanders' 12 question cognitive fusion questionnaire (2010).