Workshop: No Wrong Door: Engaging The Difficult To Engage Patient-No Wrong Door: Engaging The Difficult To Engage Patient

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This video features a panel of medical professionals discussing the challenges of engaging difficult-to-engage patients in healthcare, with a focus on substance use disorders. The speakers highlight the disparities in treatment rates among different ethnic groups and age ranges, emphasizing the importance of considering social determinants of mental health. They introduce motivational interviewing (MI) as a useful technique for engaging patients and eliciting their motivations for change. They discuss the core elements and spirit of MI, as well as the OARS and DARN CAT acronyms as key skills in MI. The video includes two patient cases, one involving a firefighter struggling with substance misuse and relapses and another involving an Alaska Native man experiencing homelessness and addiction. The speakers stress the importance of considering co-occurring mental health issues, cultural sensitivity, and resources available for specific populations. They emphasize the need for an individualized approach to treatment, addressing the patient's specific needs and utilizing MI techniques to promote engagement and positive outcomes. The video concludes by encouraging healthcare providers to incorporate MI into their everyday clinical practice.

Keywords

medical professionals

difficult-to-engage patients

substance use disorders

treatment rates

social determinants of mental health

motivational interviewing

core elements of MI

patient cases

co-occurring mental health issues

cultural sensitivity

specific populations

individualized approach to treatment

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