Resources for Nursing MI Dinner, April 11, 2007

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Recommended Books

Health Behavior Change: A Guide for Practitioners (HBC) by Stephen Rollnick, Pip Mason, and Chris Butler
• Motivational Interviewing adapted for medical settings
• Presents a framework for very brief treatment encounters
• Strategies are presented in terms of principles, examples, and counterexamples with an emphasis on practicality.
Read my detailed review
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Or, if you just want the bare essentials:

Lifestyle Change by Chris Dunn and Stephen Rollnick
• Pocket-size "how-to" guide
• Super-streamlined 3-step model
• Focus on simple, structured techniques to help engage patients in a constructive conversation about change
Read my detailed review
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And if you really love this stuff, and want an expanded approach with all the theory:

Motivational Interviewing, Second Edition: Preparing People for Change (MI2) by William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick
• Theoretical underpinnings, empirical evidence
• Some detailed examples of strategies and techniques with an emphasis on general principles
• Specialty settings, populations, topics featured in extensive edited section
Read my detailed review
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Web Sites

Mid-Atlantic ATTC Motivational Interviewing Page

Steve Rollnick's practice-oriented online discussion board

Theory and Evidence

Findings From Clinical Trials - Updated December 2004 (online slide presentation; or, download the Powerpoint file)

A Meta-Analysis of Motivational Interviewing Outcome Trials - November 2004 (online slide presentation; or, download the Powerpoint file)

Toward a Theory of Motivational Interviewing - November 2004 (online slide presentation; or, download the Powerpoint file)

MI may be conceptualized as a particular form of the "guiding" style of communication with patients - see Steve Rollnick and colleagues' recent British Journal of Medicine article for more about incorporating MI into daily practice without over-reliance on structured interventions.

Video

Here is an example of using importance and confidence rulers as a tool to discuss drinking with a medical patient who presented for treatment of a stomach problem. This "extended" discussion runs just under 9 minutes, and steps through most of the behavior change counseling model - establishing rapport and setting the agenda (would it be OK if we spend a few minutes talking about...); assessing readiness; exploring importance and confidence; and ends just at the point of negotiating a plan for change.

Slides and Handouts

Importance and confidence rulers

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Updated April 10, 2007