Re:Any left-over motivation, please?

Hello,

Has anyone thought about asking this patient how she felt?

I remember a patient that has non-alcoholic cirrhosis. She had been hospitalized several times and one day I told her that she needed to go back in. She was resistant. I went back to my basics. I asked her how she felt. She was angry and shamed as the nurses, each time went in, kept tell her she should stop drinking. Again she never took a drink in her life.

I suggest that if you would ask this patient at what level, say 0-10 , she is experiencing anger, fear, disgust, shame and then why. You just might open up huge areas to explore.

BRIAN LYNCH, M.D.

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Re:Any left-over motivation, please?, by Paul Salkovskis, 10/30/01