Acceptance commitment therapy (ACT) for psychological distress associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): protocol for a feasibility trial of the ACTforIBD programme

• Richard Gearry,
• Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz,
• Andrew McCombie,
• Peter Gibson,
• Simon Knowles,
• Lisa Olive,
• Antonina Mikocka-Walus,
• Subhadra Evans,
• Leanne Raven,
• Daniel Romano,
• Eric O,
• Madeleine Dober,
• Leesa van Niekerk,
• Susan Chesterman

Affiliations

Richard Gearry

2 Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch School of Medicine, Christchurch, New Zealand

Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz

Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Andrew McCombie

Department of Medicine, Otago Medical School, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Peter Gibson

Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Simon Knowles

Department of Psychological Sciences and Statistics, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

Lisa Olive

Orygen, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Antonina Mikocka-Walus

School of Psychology, Deakin University Geelong, Geelong and Burwood, Victoria, Australia

Subhadra Evans

School of Psychology, Deakin University Geelong, Geelong and Burwood, Victoria, Australia

Leanne Raven

Crohn’s and Colitis Australia, Camberwell, Victoria, Australia

Daniel Romano

Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Eric O

Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Madeleine Dober

School of Psychology, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia

Leesa van Niekerk

School of Psychological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Susan Chesterman

School of Pyschology, Deakin, Geelong, Victoria, Australia