Motivational Readiness For Alcohol/Drug Treatment Is More About Self-Evaluation Than Consequences

People entering treatment for alcohol or drug problems have different motivations for entering treatment and wanting to change their drinking habits. Those motivations have a significant effect on treatment attendance and drinking outcomes. New research has re-evaluated the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale (URICA), finding that motivational readiness is much more self-reflective than merely trying to avoid the negative consequences of drinking.

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Filed under: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs on March 13th, 2009