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Uncooperative and hostile behaviours should always be interpreted as signs of a personality disorder

Clients need to understand that the legal limits to confidentiality apply even in intake and assessment interviews.

Treatment needs to be readily available.

You can create rapport with the client by demonstrating appropriately authoritative behaviours

You can build rapport with clients by telling them how they should approach their recovery.

Even mandated treatment can have some effectiveness.

In an ideal setting an MSE should focus on the client’s past history rather than current events

INAPPRORIATE helper self-disclosure is one way to build rapport.

It is a mistake to automatically assume that clients with tattoos or body piercings has anti- social features

We can build rapport by assessing a client’s insight and opposing any of their ideas we think are wrong.

Effective treatment exclusively attends to the person’s drug use.

Treatment programs should provide assessment for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B and C tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases

Remaining in treatment for 28 days is all you need for treatment effectiveness.

One way to develop rapport is to politely ignore the client’s suffering and then show discretion in not mentioning it.

Lack of skill and sensitivity on the interviewers part cannot affect the outcome of an MSE.

drug-abusing individuals with co- existing mental disorders should have both disorders treated in an integrated way.

In Motivational Interviewing, OARS stands for: Open-ended questions, assumptions, reflective listening, simplicity

In Motivational Interviewing it is very important to strongly object to any signs of resistance on the client’s part.

In order to set clients at ease during an assessment, it’s important to be warm, friendly and approachable.

An individual’s treatment and services plan should be preserved in its original form and never modified

Some Aboriginal people may avoid eye contact in interviews as a sign of respect.

Reinforcing the unequal nature of the helper/client roles will build rapport.

Fragmented, incoherent speech could be symptomatic of psychosis

It is uncommon for clients to feel uncomfortable in intake or assessment interviews.

You can build rapport by setting the client and yourself at ease.

Recovery from drug addiction can be a long- term process and frequently requires multiple episodes of treatment

MI suggests that helpers observe their clients’ reactions if they want feedback on how they are doing.

Medical detoxification by itself does a great deal to change long-term drug use.

Clients who express no outward emotion should be diagnosed with flat affect.

No single treatment is appropriate for all individuals.

Sharing a lot of personal details about your own recovery with clients is a good rapport- builder.

Medications should never be used in support of recovery. The point is to be free of all drugs.

Possible drug use during treatment need not be monitored continuously.

Counseling and other behavioural therapies are important components of effective treatment for addiction.

Making sure the client is aware of your vast knowledge and skills can help build rapport

Substance dependence and substance use disorder are the same thing.

Motivational Interviewing Focus's on What?

it’s important to treat addiction first, before treating any co-occurring mental health concerns.