Motivational Interviewing | DARN-CAT

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Just in 5 Video Series
Katherine Sharp, MD
Maine Medical Center Preventive Medicine Fellowship

In collaboration with the Preventive Medicine Enhancement for Maine (PrevME) program as a part of the Division of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Maine Medical Center.

Objectives

1. Understand the effectiveness and role of Motivational Interviewing for behavior change
2. Understand sustain talk and change talk
3. Utilize DARN-CAT to enhance behavior change
4. Access resources for Motivational Interviewing

Discussion Questions

1. List 3-5 situations in your life or work where you could start listening for sustain and change (DARN) language?
2. Role play or write about one situation where you list what was said, your response and a preferred response?
3. Review the following interview of a behavioral health professional addressing a woman’s alcohol issues. Identify sustain and change talk in the interview. How might you conduct this interview differently, using DARN-CAT principles?    • Motivational Interviewing: A Bad Exam...  

Resources & References

Motivational Interviewing | The Basics
From the Health Education and Training Institute.
https://www.hetimaine.org/mi-basics

Motivational Interviewing | Facilitating Change Across Boundaries
Video from William R. Miller, PhD with the Teachers College at Columbia University.
   • Dr. William Miller, "Motivational Int...  

Motivational Interviewing Guidance Documents
From the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). Authored by Scott Caldwell, Therese Kemper, Stephen Heberd, Helen Mentha, Sine Jongdahl Kolind Møller, David Prescott and Alicia Senghas.
https://motivationalinterviewing.org/...

Motivational Interviewing Toolkit
From the Institute for Research Education & Training in Addictions (IRETA). Authored by Jessica Williams. March 30, 2018.
https://ireta.org/resources/motivatio...

Up to 40 percent of annual deaths from each of five leading US causes are preventable
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/20...

Miller, W.R. & Rollnick, S. (2013). Motivational Interviewing: Helping people to change (3rd Edition). Guilford Press.
https://www.guilford.com/books/Motiva...

Miller, W., & Rose, G. (2015). Motivational Interviewing and Decisional Balance: Contrasting Responses to Client Ambivalence. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 43(2), 129-141. doi:10.1017/S1352465813000878.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa...

The Just in Five series is part of the Preventive Medicine Enhancement of Maine (PrevME project), which is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA Grant 18-008) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1.9 Million with 0% financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.