Motivational Interviewing Produces Change Talk in Smokers with Serious Mental Illness.

Change talk, or client language that is consistent with making a behavioral change, has been found to improve the efficacy of motivational interviewing (MI). It is not known, however, if change talk helps to explain MI's effect on instigating a quit attempt in smokers with serious mental illness. We measured change talk in smokers with a serious mental illness (SMI) randomized to receive either a single session adaptation of motivational interviewing or an interactive education intervention.

Impulse control disorders in Parkinson's disease: background and update on prevention and management.

Given that impulse control disorders (ICDs) have been identified among a considerable minority of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, these conditions have gained increased clinical and research attention in the past decade. Dopamine-replacement therapies, taken to ameliorate PD symptoms, have been associated with ICDs in PD. Unfortunately, there are relatively sparse empirical data regarding how best to address ICDs in PD patients.