Understanding the role of personal motivation in addiction treatment changed with the
advent of the Transtheoretical Model of intentional behavior change, a better understanding …

Background Even low levels of substance misuse by people with a severe mental illness
can have detrimental effects. Objectives To assess the effects of psychosocial interventions …

The transtheoretical model, in general, and the stages of change, in particular, have proven
useful in adapting or tailoring treatment to the individual. We define the stages and …

Context Drug abuse by people with severe mental disorder is a significant public health
problem for which there is no empirically validated treatment. Objective To evaluate the …

The transtheoretical stages of change model suffers from conceptual and empirical
limitations, including problems of stage definition, measurement, and discreteness …

Objective: Little is known about what may distinguish effective and ineffective group
interventions. Group motivational interviewing (MI) is a promising intervention for adolescent …

A complicating factor affecting the treatment of individuals with coexisting substance use
problems and serious mental illness is their motivation for change and how these …

Background: Cannabis is one of the most used drugs worldwide. There is no gold standard
treatment for cannabis use disorder (CUD). Motivational interviewing (MI) has shown …

Motivation for drug use treatment is widely regarded as crucial to a client's engagement in
treatment and success in quitting drug use. Motivation is typically measured with items …

Objectives: This study investigated the application of the transtheoretical (stages-of-change)
model in audiologic rehabilitation. More specifically, it described the University of Rhode …