Book Title: Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) for Mental Health Promotion

Subtitle: Reducing Mental Illness Stigma and Promoting Valued-Living

Authors: Kenneth Po-Lun Fung and Josephine Pui-Hing Wong

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Book Description: Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) for Mental Health Promotion was developed as a comprehensive handbook for the Strength-In-Unity capacity-building action research project. The project engaged men in the Asian diasporic communities in Calgary, Vancouver, and Toronto with the goal of reducing mental illness stigma and promoting mental wellbeing and collective resilience. The handbook provides step-by-step instructions for implementing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as a group intervention. It has been found to be effective in supporting project team members and group facilitators to deliver ACT experiential activities seamlessly. In this handbook, the authors place a strong emphasis on adhering to core ACT principles and philosophies, as well as to the project implementation processes, which are essential for delivering and evaluating the effectiveness of ACT in reducing mental illness stigma and promoting mental wellbeing.

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Book Information

Authors

Kenneth Po-Lun Fung and Josephine Pui-Hing Wong

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Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) for Mental Health Promotion Copyright © 2024 by Kenneth Po-Lun Fung, Josephine Pui-Hing Wong is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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Coping with / advice about personal, social and health topics

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Title
Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) for Mental Health Promotion
Authors
Kenneth Po-Lun Fung and Josephine Pui-Hing Wong
License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License

Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) for Mental Health Promotion Copyright © 2024 by Kenneth Po-Lun Fung, Josephine Pui-Hing Wong is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Primary Subject
Coping with / advice about personal, social and health topics
Additional Subject(s)
Coping with / advice about stress, Mindfulness, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Mental health services
Institution
Toronto Metropolitan University
Publisher
Principal Researchers Strength-In-Unity Toronto (Ontario, Canada), This project was supported by Movember Foundation (Canada)
Ebook ISBN
978-1-77417-072-4