Health psychology and advanced communication skills for prescribers
An introduction to the principles of health psychology that can be applied during consultations with patients.

Wes Mountain/The Pharmaceutical Journal
By the end of this article, you will be able to:
- Apply the principles of health psychology, COM-B and models of behaviour change to your consultations in practice;
- Establish the reasons for a patient’s medication-taking behaviours within a consultation;
- Outline how you would conduct an effective consultation to fully explore a patient’s beliefs and preferences;
- Understand how the principles of MI and SDM could be applied to your own practice.
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