SUD treatment is moving towards Motivational Enhancement Therapy, which means working with a person based on their stage of change.

SUD treatment is moving towards Motivational Enhancement Therapy, which means working with a person based on their stage of change.

Substance use disorder (SUD) is the persistent use of drugs (including alcohol) despite substantial harm and adverse consequences as a result of their use.

What impact do health disparities have on a person’s ability to progress through the stages of change?

Motivation for change is a key component in addressing substance misuse.

This Treatment Improvement
Protocol (TIP) refects a fundamental rethinking of the concept of motivation as a dynamic process, not a
static client trait.

Motivation relates to the probability that a person will enter into, continue, and adhere to
a specifc change strategy.

Although much progress has been made in identifying people who misuse substances and who have
substance use disorders (SUDs) as well as in using science-informed interventions such as motivational
counseling approaches to treat them, the United States still faces many SUD challenges