Motivational therapy, or MT, combines humanistic treatment with enhanced cognitive-behavioral strategies and is designed to treat substance use disorders; it is similar to motivational interviewing and motivational enhancement therapy.
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Motivational therapy is a combination of humanistic treatment and enhanced cognitive-behavioral strategies, designed to treat substance use disorders.
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First publicized by Miller and Rollnick in 1991, motivational therapy is now seen as a highly effective treatment strategy for substance use disorders, especially in the case of opiate and euphoric-enhancement drugs, where users tend to resist traditional negative reinforcement strategies.
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