Motivational Interviewing: Does it Increase Clients’ Retention in Intensive Outpatient Treatment?

Authors

David A. Patterson Silver Wolf (Adelv unegv Waya) PhD, Washington University in St Louis, Brown SchoolFollow

Author's School

Brown School

Author's Department

Social Work

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2008

Abstract

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a clinical technique that has received considerable attention in the addictions arena over the past decade. In the present pilot study, the impact of providing up to five MI sessions during the first two weeks of intensive outpatient treatment (IOP), relative to the treatment as usual was addressed. The participants were 106 IOP patients, and a post-test design was utilized. Results showed that adding MI sessions during the first two weeks of IOP did not increase the number of days in treatment nor was there an increase in treatment completion. It is possible that the MI sessions by themselves were not sufficient to offset factors that were contributing to less than optimal treatment involvement.

Comments

This is the author's final version of an article published in Substance Abuse © 2008 The Haworth Press. DOI: http://dx.doi,org/10.1300/J465v29n01_03

Recommended Citation

Patterson Silver Wolf (Adelv unegv Waya), David A. PhD, "Motivational Interviewing: Does it Increase Clients’ Retention in Intensive Outpatient Treatment?" (2008). Brown School Faculty Publications. 7.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/brown_facpubs/7

Embargo Period

10-21-2013