The motivation paradox: higher psychosocial problem levels in severely mentally ill patients are associated with less motivation for treatment

The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior

Edward L. Deci, Richard M. Ryan · Psychological Inquiry · 2000 · 32.1K citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +10

Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS)

J. K. Wing, Anne Beevor, R. H. Curtis et al. · The British Journal of Psychiatry · 1998 · 1.2K citations

Pharmacy, Health Policy, Health Services Research +7

Application and Results of the Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (Mansa)

Stefan Priebe, Susan Knight, Stephen Evans · International Journal of Social Psychiatry · 1999 · 1.1K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Psychiatry, Psychology +14

Initial motivations for alcohol treatment: Relations with patient characteristics, treatment involvement, and dropout

Richard M. Ryan, Robert W. Plant, Stephanie S. O’Malley · Addictive Behaviors · 1995 · 661 citations

Nursing, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +11

A self-determination theory approach to psychotherapy: The motivational basis for effective change.

Richard M. Ryan, Edward L. Deci · Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne · 2008 · 623 citations

Social Sciences, Counseling, Psychology +17