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Traditional approaches to health promotion involve clinicians imparting knowledge to patients and ‘telling' patients what changes they should make to benefit their health. This so-called ‘fixing ...

Motivational interviewing is a client-centered, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence. This website is intended to provide resources for ...

The National Academy of Medicine launched its National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being in early October. Citing years of research defining the causes and effects of burnout in health professions, ...

Gladys Antelo-Allen, associate director of Education and Training, Camden Coalition, dives into the essential skills of providing complex care: motivational interviewing, harm reduction, care planning ...

This collection of audio files, originally produced as a CD, provides an introduction to the spirit of Motivational Interviewing (MI), the evidence-based treatment, with an emphasis upon substance-use ...

Motivational interviewing (MI) was developed as an approach to engaging individual clients in conversations about behavior change (Miller & Rollnick, 2023). The application of MI with couples—main or ...

Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD Key Takeaways Motivational enhancement therapy (MET) helps people feel more motivated to change their harmful behavior.MET uses motivational interviewing, ...

As the measles outbreak spreads -- with more than 1,200 cases confirmed across 38 states, a 13% hospitalization rate, and three deaths -- some parents who previously chose not to vaccinate their ...

It takes a lot of will to successfully lose weight, but a new research review suggests that "motivational" conversations with a health provider may make little difference. The review looked at studies ...

Excluding quitters, intention to quit at 3 months (rate ratio, 1.63; 95% CI, 1.25–2.13; P < 0.001) and 6 months (rate ratio, 1.40; 95% CI, 1.10–1.79; P = 0.01), self-reported smoking reduction ≥ 50% ...