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Motivational Interviewing for Teens: Focus on Marijuana

Teens on the couch

This webinar helps us:

  1. Describe how to use motivational interviewing to reduce marijuana use in youth.
  2. Summarize the technique of weighing advantages and disadvantages of a potentially problematic habit or behavior.
  3. Differentiate when motivational interviewing is more likely to be effective to reduce marijuana use.
  4. Explain how to balance recommendations to change harmful behaviors with respecting the autonomy and agency of children and adolescents.

Here's the link!

https://www.thecarlatreport.com/blogs/3-carlat-psychiatry-webinars/post/4621-motivational-interviewing-for-teens-focus-on-marijuana

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Joshua Feder, M.D. Dr. Feder's Blog

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