Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior (Applications of Motivational Interviewin)
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Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior (Applications of Motivational Interviewin)
Much of health care today involves helping patients manage conditions whose outcomes can be greatly influenced by lifestyle or behavior change. Written specifically for health care professionals, this concise book presents powerful tools to enhance communication with patients and guide them in making choices to improve their health, from weight loss, exercise, and smoking cessation, to medication adherence and safer sex practices. Engaging dialogues and vignettes bring to life the core skills of motivational interviewing (MI) and show how to incorporate this brief evidence-based approach into any health care setting. Appendices include MI training resources and publications on specific medical conditions.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Great Book, makes a lot of sense:
I have really enjoyed this book. The foundation of the book encompasses two obvious principles that come together in a way that gives easy guidelines for assisting people with change. The first principle is that people who are not changing are stuck in ambiguity, where they are in a balancing act between reasons to change, and reasons to stay the same. The second principle is that people believe what they hear themselves say. So, if you approach a change by only giving the positive reasons that they should... more info
Fast delivery and accurate description of book.:
The delivery was quick, nicely packaged and the book was in the condition it said it would be in...
Very helpful:
I enjoyed reading this book and learning about motivational interviewing. I was able to integrate some of the techniques into my weightloss counseling position. It is pretty magical when done right. I am going to take a class to further my skills which can best be done with practice and many more examples. However, I was still pleased with this book.
This Book Delivers The Goods Well:
Motivational Interviewing in Health Care By Rollnick, Miller and Butler As an experienced neurologist (read 'old')I have spent decades and read many books about interviewing: neurological, psychiatric, difficult, challenging, etc., etc. In serial publications over 20 years or more, Dr. Miller and others have refined the process of how to converse to effectively motivate patients to do what (you think) they should do. Doctors know that figuring out what a patient needs is only the beginning of the... more info
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