Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Managing Interference of Hallucinations

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a disorder of thought and perception characterized by positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms; delusions, hallucinations, and negative symptoms are identified as the most common causes of suffering in schizophrenia. Multiple treatment approaches have aimed to deal with symptoms and disabilities caused by schizophrenia. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) illuminates focusing on valued living without centering on symptoms, and alternately, it changes how an individual relates to his thoughts or feelings through awareness and increased psychological flexibility resulting in treatment outcomes. A 29-year-old graduate male have known schizophrenia since 2011, manifested decreased sleep, suspiciousness, the delusion of reference, thought broadcasting, and second, and third-person auditory hallucinations. A total of 30 sessions were taken in a span of 30–34 months that reduced the impact of hallucinations and resulted in significant improvement in personal and socio occupational functioning. His emotional insight helps him to set his goals and develop a plan to work toward them. ACT dissemination, in this case report, described how maximized attention on valued living elbowed the symptoms, reducing its role in day-to-day information processing and responding to the stimulus.