Everyone knows someone like my friend, Gary. Gary swears that he's an extraordinarily good interviewer, with a strong track record of making great hires. His technique? He can sit down with someone ...

I was recently asked while a panelist at a cannabis education conference, “What is the most common mistake clinicians make when using motivational interviewing?” My immediate answer was that too many ...

Motivational interviewing, which is often used in addiction medicine to get buy-in from patients to alter their behavior, is also a technique that primary care physicians can use to help their ...

Most of us have had periods of our lives when we did not make the healthiest choices. Maybe you needed to lose weight, or your cholesterol was too high. Maybe you went through a stressful period when ...

“Motivational Interviewing (Tipping Ambivalence toward Change) A Practical Application of OARS” will be offered through the Chautauqua Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Council. Cheryl Martin, MA, RN, ...

There may be an inexpensive way to reduce the risky use of pain medications by people at high risk of overdosing: using trained therapists in the emergency department to provide motivational ...

Want the job? Lead with motivation. There are only three job interview questions and only three answers. In the vast majority of cases each of the final candidates has the strengths required to do the ...

Motivational interviews are effective strategies for helping persons identify benefits and barriers to individual goals. Clinicians would do well to remember, however, that motivational interviews are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Combining motivational interviews with cognitive behavioral therapy improved negative symptoms of schizophrenia ...

Students who break university rules on alcohol and drug use in residence halls are often sent to counseling or educational programs. Little is known about the long-term effectiveness of these ...

We present the results of a clinical trial that tested the efficacy of using motivational interviewing (MI) in a group format to promote adherence to antiretroviral medications and risk reduction ...