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This 21st-Century Psychiatrist column reflects the authors’ perceptions of the importance of addressing patient-centered care through mindful listening and mentalizing in psychiatry. The authors maintain that adopting a mentalizing stance is a promising approach for clinicians with diverse backgrounds to humanize clinical practice, especially in today’s dynamic high-speed, high-paced, and high-technology environment. Mindful listening and mentalizing are particularly consequential for the field of psychiatry since the COVID-19 pandemic prompted an abrupt transition from in-person to virtual platforms for education and clinical care.

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Published in print: Fall 2022
Published online: 25 October 2022

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  1. Psychiatry
  2. communication
  3. listening
  4. mentalizing
  5. patient-centered care
  6. narrative medicine

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Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi, Ph.D. [email protected]
Department of Psychiatry (Bazargan-Hejazi, Shervington, Amani) and Office of the Provost (Shay), College of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles; Department of Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Bazargan-Hejazi); Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego (Shirazi).
Anaheed Shirazi, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry (Bazargan-Hejazi, Shervington, Amani) and Office of the Provost (Shay), College of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles; Department of Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Bazargan-Hejazi); Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego (Shirazi).
Denese Shervington, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry (Bazargan-Hejazi, Shervington, Amani) and Office of the Provost (Shay), College of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles; Department of Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Bazargan-Hejazi); Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego (Shirazi).
Sabrina Amani, M.A.
Department of Psychiatry (Bazargan-Hejazi, Shervington, Amani) and Office of the Provost (Shay), College of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles; Department of Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Bazargan-Hejazi); Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego (Shirazi).
William Shay, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry (Bazargan-Hejazi, Shervington, Amani) and Office of the Provost (Shay), College of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles; Department of Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Bazargan-Hejazi); Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego (Shirazi).

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Send correspondence to Dr. Bazargan-Hejazi ([email protected]).

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The authors report no financial relationships with commercial interests.

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This research was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Science, University of California, Los Angeles Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UL1-TR-001881).

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