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The '''Association for Contextual Behavioral Science''' ('''ACBS''') is a worldwide nonprofit professional membership organization associated with [[acceptance and commitment therapy]] (ACT), and [[relational frame theory]] (RFT) among other topics.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=JlqqlVJ1iTUC&pg=PA256 |title=Acceptance and Mindfulness in Cognitive Behavior Therapy |author1=James D. Herbert |author2=Evan M. Forman |publisher=John Wiley & Sons|date= Nov 2010 |access-date=30 January 2012|isbn=9780470912485 }}</ref> The term "contextual behavioral science" refers to the application of [[functional contextualism]] to human behavior, including contextual forms of [[applied behavior analysis]], [[cognitive behavioral therapy]], and [[evolution]] science.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212144712000087|title=Contextual Behavioral Science |journal=Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science |date=14 February 2022|volume=1 |issue=1–2 |pages=1–16 |doi=10.1016/j.jcbs.2012.09.004 |last1=Hayes |first1=Steven C. |last2=Barnes-Holmes |first2=Dermot |last3=Wilson |first3=Kelly G. |url-access=subscription }}</ref> In the applied area, [[Acceptance and Commitment Therapy]] is perhaps the best known wing of contextual behavioral science, and is an emphasis of ACBS, along with other types of contextual CBT, and efforts in education, organizational behavior, and other areas. ACT is considered an empirically validated treatment by the [[American Psychological Association]], with the status of "Modest Research Support" in depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, mixed anxiety disorders, and psychosis, and "Strong Research Support" in chronic pain.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APA website on empirical treatments |url=https://div12.org/treatments/ |accessdate= 14 February 2022 }}</ref> ACT is also listed as evidence-based by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the United States federal government which has examined randomized trials for ACT in the areas of psychosis, work site stress, and obsessive compulsive disorder, including depression outcomes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices |url=http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/ViewIntervention.aspx?id=191 |accessdate=2011-09-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823110657/http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/ViewIntervention.aspx?id=191 |archivedate=2011-08-23 }}</ref> In the basic area, [[Relational Frame Theory]] is a research program in language and cognition that is considered part of contextual behavioral science, and is a focus of ACBS.<ref>Blackledge, J.T. (2003). {{cite journal |url=https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2014-44008-007.html |title=An Introduction to Relational Frame Theory: Basics and Applications |date=14 February 2022|doi=10.1037/h0099997 |last1=Blackledge |first1=John T. |journal=The Behavior Analyst Today |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=421–433 |doi-access=free }} ''The Behavior Analyst Today'', 3, 421–34.</ref> Unlike the better known behavioral approach proposed by [[B.F. Skinner]] in his book ''[[Verbal Behavior]]'', experimental RFT research has emerged in a number of areas traditionally thought to be beyond behavioral perspectives, such as grammar, metaphor, perspective taking, implicit cognition and reasoning.<ref name="Barnes-Holmes04">Barnes-Holmes, Y.; Barnes-Holmes, D. & McHugh, L. (2004). {{cite web|url=https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2014-51987-002.html |title=Teaching Derived Relational Responding to Young Children |date=14 February 2022 }} ''JEIBI'', 1, 4–16.</ref><ref name="Cullinan08">Cullinan, V. & Vitale, A. (2008). {{cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275724912 |title=The contribution of Relational Frame Theory to the development of interventions for impairments of language and cognition |date=14 February 2022 }} ''Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis'', 2(4)–3(1), 122–135.</ref>

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