Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based Lifestyle Counselling Programme for Early Psychosis on Physical Activity

"The ACT-LCP Group will receive an ACT-based lifestyle counselling programme, which composes of 5-weekly group sessions (2 hours per each, 15 hours in total). Acceptance, mindfulness, values clarification skills/exercises will be used to help patients to increase self-perspective taking and willingness to experience distressing sensations, discomfort and urges while engaging in healthy lifestyle behaviours.~One month after the programme, the participant will receive one 'booster' session (2 hours), followed by 2-weekly telephone follow-up calls (20-30 minutes per call) to evaluate the effort of behavioural change."

"The Control Group will receive one 2-hour, healthy lifestyle education talk (at least 10 patients in the talk) based on the HEARTS technical package as recommended by the WHO as routine care. This package includes a collection of evidence-based protocols which standardizes a clinical approach to promote a healthy lifestyle among adults. The Control Group will receive routine psychiatric outpatient/rehabilitation services as provided by the clinic in NDH/community centre.~One month after the talk, three weekly follow-up telephone calls (20-30 minutes) will be arranged for each patient in the Control Group to evaluate the effort of behavioural change."