Motivational Interviewing in Health Care Helping Patients Change Behavior

Motivational Interviewing in Health Care : Helping Patients Change Behavior
ISBN: 9781593856120
Publication Date: 7 November 2007

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.KEY FEATURES> Fills a huge, unmet need: applies MI'an effective technique developed in mental health care'to medical settings. > From the creators of MI and authors of the bestselling Motivational Interviewing (ISBN-13: 978-1-57230-563-2).> Tailor-made for the busy practitioner: concise, affordable, and eminently practical.> Grassroots sales support: an extensive network of MI trainers use and promote MI titles internationally. AUDIENCEPhysicians in all specialties, nurses, and a broad range of other health care professionals. COURSE USEMay serve as a supplemental text in such courses as Introduction to Clinical Medicine and Medical Interviewing. CONTENTSI. Behavior Change and Motivational Interviewing 1. Motivational Interviewing: Principles and Evidence 2. How Motivational Interviewing Fits into Health Care PracticeII. Core Skills of Motivational Interviewing3. Practicing Motivational Interviewing4. Asking5. Listening6. InformingIII. Putting It All Together7. Integrating the Skills8. Case Examples of a Guiding Style 9. Getting Better at Guiding10. Beyond the ConsultationEpilogue: A...