Use of the Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Smokers in Groups in Primary Health Care

Motivational Interview (MI) is a person-centered, communicative method whose purpose is to work and increase the user's motivation for behavior change.

This approach aims to combine cognitive interventions in the training of behavioral skills in patients, developing strategies to cope with the problem and detecting situations of risk, mobilizing the subject for his own process of change. Helps correct cognitive dysfunctions and behavioral changes in specific situations.