In this part 1 of an interview with Simple and Practical Mental Health, Shawn Christopher Shea, MD, author of "Psychiatric Interviewing: The Art of Understanding, 3rd Edition" talks about why continuing to improve our interviewing skills is so important and why learning *specific* interviewing techniques can allow mental health professionals to more efficiently elicit information and begin to help their patients.
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