Treatment Conversations
Ask About a Student Observer Before Your Treatment Conversation Begins
Prepare clear questions about a student observer’s role, consent and privacy before an addiction-treatment consultation begins.
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Understanding treatment
Treatment Intensity Is a Clinical Matching Decision, Not a Quality Ranking
Understand why addiction treatment intensity should match assessed needs and available support, rather than being treated as a simple ranking of better care.
Understanding Care
What Trauma-Informed Care Should Change About an Appointment
Translate trauma-informed care into practical appointment questions about explanations, choice, privacy and the way concerns are handled.
Treatment Approaches
Motivational Interviewing Makes Room for Mixed Feelings About Change
Understand how motivational interviewing explores mixed feelings about change, and what to ask when it is offered as part of addiction treatment.
Understanding treatment
What CBT Adds to an Addiction-Treatment Conversation
Understand how cognitive behavioural therapy can explore patterns around substance use and what to ask about practice, goals and other treatment.
Understanding treatment
What Contingency Management Means in Addiction Treatment
Understand how contingency management links agreed treatment goals to incentives, and what to ask a service about its programme.