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Working With Patients From Different Cultures: An Ethical Dilemma

November 2nd, 2013 Categories: Interpreting, Mental Health Interpreting

In this paper, I choose to demonstrate how working with a culture different of one’s own in the mental health therapeutic setting can be an ethical dilemma, and how to deal with it as a mental health counselor. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Text Revision (2007) (the manual used by psychiatric and […]

Mental Health Interpreting: Unique Challenges and Practical Solutions

November 2nd, 2013 Categories: American Translators Association, Hispanic Information/Resources, Interpreting, Mental Health Interpreting

MENTAL HEALTH INTERPRETING: UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS Arianna M. Aguilar Latino Outreach Consulting of NC, Inc. Abstract: Mental Health Interpreting is an important subset of study, since the issues encountered intersect with both medical and legal interpreting theory, practice and Code of Ethics. It involves complex and intimate interpersonal communication with individuals who may […]