Motivational interviews as goal assessment for persons with psychiatric disability.
A necessary first step in the psychosocial treatment of persons with severe mental illness is helping them identify their goals. Unfortunately, goal assessment is often viewed as a categorical process in which individuals list needs for which they require services. Motivational interviews provide a more sophisticated approach in which persons specify the costs and benefits to each of the needs in the list. Benefits define the reasons why a person should pursue a goal; costs define barriers to achieving that goal. The basic mechanisms for understanding and implementing motivational interviews are summarized. Ways to circumvent barriers to motivational interviews are also discussed.
Corrigan
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University of Chicago Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, USA. p-corrigan@uchicago.edu
McCracken
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Holmes
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D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D012008:Recurrence; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index