The ACBS Board of Directors has expressed serious concern regarding the content of the future Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition, (DSM-5), which is currently under development. The DSM serves as an important component of the research, education, and practice of most licensed psychologists in the United States.
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When ACBS was officially incorporated in 2006, it had 891 members. Since then, yearly membership numbers have been recorded in order to track the organization’s growth. By 2008, ACBS had reached 1,670 members. By 2010, 2,779 members. Based on the first half of 2011, it was expected that membership would reach 3,836 by the end of the year.
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Congratulations to John Forsyth and Georg Eifert, as well as Kelly Wilson and Troy Dufrene for this recent recognition of their efforts in producing empirically based self-help books! As people look to the shelves for support in leading their valued lives, it should reassure them to know these books are not only pleasing to read, but also scientifically based.
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We are proud to announce the launch of the ACBS’s new flagship journal, the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science (JCBS). After a little over a year of planning and dreaming, we anticipate the launch of the journal this November, and publication of the first issue by April 2012. We are excited to have partnered with Elsevier, whose prestige and expertise give JCBS the best chances for success
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In case you are wondering what this all means, here is a little background.
Although there are professional lists of evidence-based treatments such as the American Psychological Association Division 12 list of empirically-based treatments (where ACT is now considered to an empirically supported treatment with moderate support in depression and strong support in pain (http://www.div12.org/PsychologicalTreatments/treatments.html), there is only one similar effort inside the United State government, from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, which is a division of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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