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. 2016 Sep 15;6(9):e012743. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012743

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Overview of the group-based acceptance and commitment therapy treatment programme. The overall focus of the treatment is to increase the patients’ physical and emotional self-awareness, and to teach them skills to manage the distress associated with difficult thoughts, emotions and bodily sensations. Practical exercises throughout the treatment include experiential exercises focusing on identification of own values, barriers and avoidance behaviour, and mindfulness exercises focusing on allowance of the experience of here and now as it is and of being present. Gradual exposure is implemented through individually customised homework assignments in accordance with the identified personal values. BDS, bodily distress syndrome.