Enhancing motivation for medication use is only part of adherence interventions. Indeed a
variety of cognitive-behavioral strategies are available to help patients establish a regular
habit of medication use. For example, as part of a single-session intervention to improve
medication adherence for outpatients with HIV, Safren et al. (2000) recommends the use of
imaginal and role-play rehearsal of times and cues for pill storage and use, as well as the use
of simple reminders to establish new pill-taking regimens (i.e., colored dots that are placed
by the patient in everyday locations—in appointment books, on telephones, in the home
bathroom, etc.—that can be a cue for pill taking as well as for reviewing motivation for
medication use).