Working with interpreters in mental health

Raval, Hitesh; Tribe, Rachel

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“…In addition to a recognised training qualification in interpreting and specific training in mental health issues (a possible curriculum for the latter can be located in Tribe and Sanders [2003]), interpreters will also require updates on the technical and colloquial language likely to be used in relationship and sex therapy. Health professionals also require training in working with interpreters if they are to be competent and resourceful practitioners.…”

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Mind your language: working with interpreters in healthcare settings and therapeutic encounters

Tribe

Tunariu

2009

Sexual and Relationship Therapy

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national and international consultancy work and training work with a range of organisations. Her clinical and research interests focus on all aspects of trauma, culture and mental health, professional and ethical practice, working with interpreters in mental health, the mental health of refugees, and asylum seekers and organisational development.Aneta Tunariu is a principal lecturer in psychology at the University of East London and field leader for programmes in guidance, counselling and coaching. She also works as an honorary psychotherapist at a National Health Service clinic in London and has been active in national and international training programmes. Her research interests include the topics of close intimate relationships, sexuality, emotions, subjectivity and relatedness, and psychotherapy. AbstractThe National Health Service and specialist agencies within the UK are striving to ensure that they offer services that are inclusive, accessible and appropriate to all users seeking their services. As such, language interpreters will be required to work alongside health professionals to ensure that service users who are not fluent in the English language can gain full access to health and therapeutic provisions. In addition to reasons of governance, equity of service provision and national legislation there are also sound clinical practice reasons with respect to facilitating work with interpreters. Language is not merely a neutral, descriptive medium but has an active role in shaping and constructing how people view and experience the world. The range of meaning-making possibilities that lay or professional language opens up is always already greatly indebted to the speaker's local culture and has particular relevance in the therapeutic encounter. Working with an interpreter can be a challenging but enriching experience. The benefits of working in close partnership with an interpreter are discussed both at generic level when working as a therapist/clinician in any adult mental health setting and, more specifically, when working with sex and relationships problems using clinical material as illustrations.

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Mind your language: working with interpreters in healthcare settings and therapeutic encounters

Tribe

Tunariu

2009

Sexual and Relationship Therapy

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“…• Provide some concrete assistance at the first interview and establish yourself as a resource in addressing the client's immediate needs (i.e., do not just ask questions but also offer suggestions, referrals, or other resources during an initial assessment interview) Mental Health (Tribe, 2003). • Provide information to survivors about posttraumatic reactions, such as PTSD and depression, and provide information about the psychological effects of trauma; normalize and validate these reactions.…”

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Psychological Services

2005

Encyclopedia of Prisons &Amp; Correctional Facilities

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“…Researchers have also acknowledged that interpretation requires a high level of understanding and proficiency to achieve a communicative relationship between HSCPs and BME patients which goes beyond the translation of simple sentences (Putsch, 1985;Lee, 1977;Tribe and Morrissey, 2004). BME patients who have limited proficiency in the English language are not able to express their feelings in the English language in the same way as they do in their first language (Imberti, 2007).…”

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“…Researchers acknowledge the fact that language and culture play a significant role in patient-clinician interactions because the different uses of languages and their cultural meanings vary between health and social care professionals (HSCPs) and Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) patients who have limited proficiency skills in the English language (Putsch, 1985;Saldana, 2001;Tribe and Ravel, 2003;Beatriz and Hale, 2007).…”

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Language, culture and mental health: a study exploring the role of the transcultural mental health worker in Sheffield, UK

Arafat

2015

International Journal of Culture and Mental Health

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This paper aims to explore the role of the transcultural mental health worker as an alternative to the use of interpreters in an attempt to identify the communication barriers and improve the mental health care for black & minority ethnic patients in the Sheffield area, UK. A qualitative approach was conducted using a questionnaire, focus groups and semi structured interviews with 92 health and social care participants taking part. All participants apart from 7 found working with transcultural mental health workers either more effective than or as effective as interpreters due to their holistic approach in understanding the various mental health aspects and cultural boundaries. The study highlights the importance of addressing the cultural issues since the different cultural meanings can sometimes cause more difficulties of understanding between health and social care professionals and black & minority ethnic patients than language. It also highlighted the complexities involved in interpreting in mental health settings and the need to tailor practical training sessions and educational programmes for interpreters in this field.

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Working with interpreters in mental health

Cited by 50 publications

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Mind your language: working with interpreters in healthcare settings and therapeutic encounters

Mind your language: working with interpreters in healthcare settings and therapeutic encounters

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Language, culture and mental health: a study exploring the role of the transcultural mental health worker in Sheffield, UK

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