Publications by authors named "Rita Wietfeld"
Motivational interviewing (MI) has become established nowadays as an approach for a cooperative style of conversation to promote intrinsic motivation for change by exploring and resolving ambivalences. The change of addictive behavior is no longer sought by exerting pressure or lecturing/converting attempts of convincing or persuasion but by activating existing but "buried" or newly acquired self-motivation to change. The MI is now also used to change the treatment of other health-related behavior and chronic diseases, including schizophrenic disorders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Quality of life as a target criterion in schizophrenia therapy].
Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr
June 2019
Article Synopsis
- The concept of quality of life has become a key aspect of patient-centered medicine over the past 50 years, allowing clinicians to understand patients' subjective experiences.
- Quality of life is now recognized as a vital patient-reported outcome in the early assessment of drug benefits, particularly under German regulations.
- In the context of treating schizophrenia, the focus on improving quality of life as a goal has only recently gained recognition.