Interpreting in Mental Health Settings: Videos, Manuals, Guidelines |
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Part I: Videos (To view either of the first two videos,double click on a link. It may take a few minutes for the video to load.) |
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Interpreting in the Mental Health Setting (9 min, 21 sec), Department of Health/University of East London. For Windows Media Player This video is also available on youtube here . |
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Interpreters: Why Language and Culture Matter in Behavioral Health (1:18). Please allow four or five minutes for this video to load on a typical computer. New York State Department of Mental Health, September 19, 2011.This presentation briefly discusses the important roles that interpreters play in behavioral health services, laws and regulations that support interpreter/translation usage, and how culture and language can impact the relationship between the client and provider. |
| Additional videos available for purchase: |
| Mental Health Interpreting Volume 1.Understanding the Process of Differential Diagnosis. Through a case study of an LEP patient with mood disorder with psychotic features, this video presentation explores the process of differential diagnosis in mental health assessments and interpreting techniques for accuracy in the assessment interview. $75, CCCS, Woburn, MA. |
| Mental Health Interpreting
Volume 2. Mental Status Exams for Patients with
Early Dementia. Interpreting for families of patients with early
dementia. $75, CCCS, Woburn, MA. |
| Mental Health Interpreting Volume 3. Insight and Rapport in Outgoing Patient Therapy. This video presentation guides the interpreter through an outpatient therapy session in which the patient presents symptoms of a mood disorder. $75, CCCS, Woburn, MA. |
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Part II. Documents |
| Establishing a Program |
| Guidelines for Initiating Interpreter Training at the Agency or Community Level , University of Minnesota, 1988, 1 p |
| Guidelines for Using Bilingual Mental Health Workers as Interpreters , University of Minnesota,1988, 1 p.. |
| Guidelines for Selecting Interpreters , University of Minnesota, 1988, 2 pp. |
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| Guidelines and Tips |
| Working with interpreters across language and culture in mental health, Rachel Tribe and Pauline Lane, Journal of Mental Health, June 2009 |
| Guidelines for Working with Interpreters , University of Minnesota, 1988, 4 pp. |
| Quick Guide to Working Effectively with Interpreters in Mental Health Settings , Australia, 2006, 1 p. |
| Tips for Mental Health Interpretation: Practice-Based Guidance for Working with Interpreters in Mental Health Settings , George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, 2 pp. |
| Working with Interpreters in a Mental Health Setting , Caravel Institute, Virginia, 4 pp. |
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Background and Manuals |
| California Law Now Requires Health Plans to Provide Language Assistance Programs for Patients |
| Language Assistance FAQs (California Department of Managed Healthcare) |
| Challenges and Complexities of Mental Health Interpreting , Anita Coelho Diabate, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA, August 19-20, 2011. PowerPoint presentation, 17 pp. |
| Guidelines for Working Effectively with Interpreters in Mental Health Settings , Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit, Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit, Australia, 2006. 43 pp. |
| Interpreting in Mental Health Settings: Video Workbook , University of Minnesota, 1988, 38 pp. |
| Basic Terminology for the Medical Interpreting Profession , University of Minnesota, 1988, 6 pp. |