title: Experts: despite time constraints, motivational interviewing techniques can have lasting impact on drinkers, drug abusers.
abstract: Researchers have found that the Brief Negotiation Interview (BNI), a tool developed at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, can curb harmful drinking in patients when the tool is used with these patients in the emergency setting. Further, by using the same motivational interviewing techniques employed in the tool, experts say providers can help patients curb other harmful behaviors as well. The BNI consists of a series of questions that take about seven minutes to discuss with patients. The tool prompts patients to come up with their own reasons for changing harmful behaviors. To implement the BNI, emergency providers need training and constant reinforcement. Ideally, experts say the motivational interviewing techniques employed in the BNI need to become routine to have a lasting impact on patient care.
mesh_terms: D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D062405:Motivational Interviewing / Q000379:methods*; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States