Largest analysis to date offers practice insights in to motivational interviewing

Better than treatment as usual but not than other specific therapies are the headlines from the most comprehensive synthesis of motivational interviewing studies to date. Along the way are insights in to the equivocal value of manuals and of feeding back assessment results to patients.

Getting the Measure: An evaluation of Alcohol Intervention (AI) training and resources for frontline staff working in the homelessness sector

This evaluation assesses the effectiveness of Alcohol Intervention training and resources in encouraging frontline workers to discuss alcohol use with service users and the effectiveness of the alcohol intervention model for wider use.

Child Risk and Parental Resistance: Can Motivational Interviewing Improve the Practice of Child and Family Social Workers in Working with Parental Alcohol Misuse?

Motivational interviewing is a counselling method developed for working with people who have a drink or drugs problem. A particular focus is on working with “denial”, so it seems likely to be helpful for social workers in their work with parents who misuse alcohol.