Those put through ACT training improved significantly more in a number of outcomes. They engaged in less thought suppression and had significantly lower anxiety and depression. In addition, while the patients who got CBT coped with their anxiety in ways that looked more like distraction, such as watching more TV, the ACT group took more meaningful action, such as calling their children, deciding how their possessions might be distributed when they died, making sure their will was in order, and writing letters to friends and family.
