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“Ed Browne, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, is the principal investigator of a $4-million, 5-year study of the role of cannabis use in HIV latency – one of the main barriers toward curing people with the infection. The National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the NIH, is funding the...

Here is an excerpt from the most recent UNC CFAR Motivational Interviewing Blog: “However, ‘discord’ can sometimes be caused by our mood or approach. Perhaps like any other human being, we may feel tired, stressed, overwhelmed, or distracted, and may bring some of these experiences into our sessions with our...

When we ask the client what matters most to them, it can be a good way to continue building rapport. This conversation can explore what the client really cares about and how these goals and values may guide their lives. And we also know that goals and values are aspirations,...

  The number of cases of syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea increased from 2014 to 2015 in North Carolina. This prompted a multidisciplinary group in the UNC Infectious Diseases Clinic to introduce several interventions, including self-swabbing, to screen more patients for sexually transmitted diseases. The ID Clinic inside the NC Memorial...

A UNC/AHEC workshop in Charlotte, NC Motivational Interviewing (MI) for Health Care Professionals: A Person-Centered Approach to Achieve Healthier Outcomes November 3-4, 2016 9:00 am to 4:30 pm 5039 Airport Center Pkwy, Bldg K, Charlotte, NC Taught by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s MI expert, Steve Bradley-Bull,...

What is MI? Motivational Interviewing is a person-centered counseling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change. It is designed to strengthen an individual’s motivation for and movement toward a specific goal by eliciting and exploring the person’s own reasons for change within an atmosphere of acceptance, collaboration,...