Motivational interviewing and behavior change: How can we know how it works?

Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 55-78

  Nahom, Deborah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b South Lanarkshire Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction treatment; Literature review; Motivational interviewing; Process research; Treatment effectiveness research

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247642836     PISSN: 15433714     EISSN: 15433722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J394v02n01_04     Document Type: Article

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