Cigarettes and Addiction: Helping Patients Quit Smoking
by Laura Wilhelm, PhD and Elizabeth Moore, PhD 5 CE Credits
Description:
Healthcare providers can play a key role in assisting their patients to quit smoking, a change which can result in dramatic improvements in their health and quality of life. Although the benefits of smoking cessation are well documented, this lifestyle change is often a complex and challenging process. Within this course, the biopsychosocial conceptualization of smoking and cessation will be presented and the application of The Stages of Change Model will be discussed. Specifically, practical strategies to quickly assess and effectively respond to a patient’s current level of motivation for change will be provided. Evidence-based clinical interventions tailored to individualized patient needs, such as cognitive behavioral and motivational interviewing techniques, will be presented in detail, providing healthcare professionals with a repertoire of assessment and intervention strategies to optimize their patients’ smoking cessation efforts.
Learning Objectives:
After completing this course, health professionals will be able to:
- Describe the biopsychosocial conceptualization of smoking, cessation, relapse, and maintenance.
- Assess and identify a patient’s current commitment for smoking cessation and to ascertain personal barriers and facilitators to quitting.
- Identify educational approaches, motivational interviewing, and cognitive behavioral techniques to promote smoking cessation in a manner commensurate with patients’ particular needs.
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