Motivational Interview as a Method of Treating People with Dual Diagnosis

The motivational interview.

Family physicians regularly see patients for whom they suggest changes in lifestyle or medications. While physicians are perfectly capable of explaining the relevance of recommended changes (the illness, its prognosis, the possible scenarios depending on what, if any, action is taken, etc), they have relatively few resources when it comes to actually supporting patients in making changes. Until...

10 interventions that could not be considered as motivational interview

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Treating Dual Diagnosis Patients: Challenges and Opportunities

Effectiveness of Motivational Interview on Improving Physical and Mental Health in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Introduction: Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory, debilitating and progressive disease that has wide physical and psychological dimensions. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of motivational interview on improving the physical and mental health of this disease. Methods and Materials: For this purpose, 24 patients with MS referred to Ghaem and Imam Reza (AS) hosp...

"Removing Barriers: Dual Diagnosis Treatment and Motivational Interviewing"

In the past, traditional treatment methods for drug addiction and alcoholism have been characteristically intense and confrontational. They are designed to break down a client’s denial, defenses, and/or resistance to his or her addictive disorders, as they are perceived by the provider. Admissions criteria to substance abuse treatment programs usually require abstinence from all illicit substan...