Motivational Interviewing
"Motivational Interviewing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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It is a client-centered, directive method for eliciting intrinsic motivation to change using open-ended questions, reflective listening, and decisional balancing. This nonjudgmental, nonconfrontational interviewing style is designed to minimize a patient's resistance to change by creating an interaction that supports open discussion of risky or problem behavior.
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D062405
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.784.176.279.500 F04.408.413.349.500 N02.421.461.363.349.500
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| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Motivational Interviewing" by people in Profiles.
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Motivational interviewing for maternal Immunizations: Intervention development. Vaccine. 2022 Dec 12; 40(52):7604-7612.
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Dental hygienists' use of motivational interviewing and perceptions of effectiveness in changing patient behaviors. J Dent Educ. 2022 Aug; 86(8):909-917.
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Motivational Interviewing for Maternal Immunisation (MI4MI) study: a protocol for an implementation study of a clinician vaccine communication intervention for prenatal care settings. BMJ Open. 2020 11 17; 10(11):e040226.
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Parental Depression is Prospectively Associated With Lower Smoking Cessation Rates and Poor Child Asthma Outcomes. Ann Behav Med. 2018 02 17; 52(3):195-203.
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Physician Intervention for Improving Tobacco Control Among Parents Who Use Tobacco. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2015 Oct; 54(11):1044-50.