Motivational interviewing techniques : facilitating behaviour change in the general practice setting Hall, Kate, Gibbie, Tania and Lubman, Dan I. 2012, Motivational interviewing techniques : facilitating behaviour change in the general practice setting, Australian family physician, vol. 41, no. 9, pp. 660-667. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Motivational interviewing techniques : facilitating behaviour change in the general practice setting Author(s) Hall, Kate orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-0313 Gibbie, Tania Lubman, Dan I. Journal name Australian family physician Volume number 41 Issue number 9 Start page 660 End page 667 Total pages 8 Publisher Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Place of publication South Melbourne, Vic. Publication date 2012-09-09 ISSN 0300-8495 Keyword(s) communication doctor-patient relations patient centred care psychotherapy, brief motivation Summary Background: One of the biggest challenges that primary care practitioners face is helping people change longstanding behaviours that pose significant health risks. Objective: To explore current understanding regarding how and why people change, and the potential role of motivational interviewing in facilitating behaviour change in the general practice setting. Discussion: Research into health related behaviour change highlights the importance of motivation, ambivalence and resistance. Motivational interviewing is a counselling method that involves enhancing a patient's motivation to change by means of four guiding principles, represented by the acronym RULE: Resist the righting reflex; Understand the patient's own motivations; Listen with empathy; and Empower the patient. Recent meta-analyses show that motivational interviewing is effective for decreasing alcohol and drug use in adults and adolescents and evidence is accumulating in others areas of health including smoking cessation, reducing sexual risk behaviours, improving adherence to treatment and medication and diabetes management. Language eng Indigenous content off Field of Research 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2012, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30049019 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 23 Oct 2012, 13:26:42 EST Wed, 24 Oct 2012, 09:31:24 EST Wed, 24 Oct 2012, 09:33:09 EST Wed, 28 Nov 2012, 13:57:52 EST Thu, 02 May 2013, 12:54:38 EST Mon, 22 Jan 2018, 13:38:22 EST Thu, 12 Nov 2020, 12:28:45 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 49 times in TR Web of Science Cited 52 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1293 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 23 Oct 2012, 13:26:28 EST by Jane Moschetti