Outpatient Psychiatry

Introductory Summary: A 17-year-old teenager, Itzel, is struggling with depression and anxiety.

Disclaimer:: This text is an original work of fiction based on real scenarios. Any similarities between people or places are purely coincidental.

Participants

Abbr.	Role	Language(s)
Int	Interpreter	en-US es-MX
Prt	Parent	es-MX
Pt	Patient	en-US es-MX
Dr	Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist	en-US
FD	Front Desk	en-US

Contributors

Author

Romina Espinosa

Co-Author

Ana Soler

Editors

Devin Gilbert

Yohana Imperio

Allison deFreese

Audio Engineer

Omar Mendoza

Voice Actors

Full Summary: A 17-year-old teenager, Itzel, is struggling with depression and anxiety. She is going to Sol y Luna Counseling Services for mental health therapy. Spanish and English interpreter, Luciana, goes to a mental health interpreting session where the mother, Mrs. Ruiz, and the psychiatrist, Dr. Smith, need language access services to effectively communicate with one another. Dr. Smith first meets with the minor, then calls in the interpreter and caregiver to meet separately, and at the end everyone meets in the therapy room.

Main Challenges: The session gets emotional for Itzel’s mother when she is sharing her concerns privately with Dr. Smith. It’s a challenging assignment where interpreter Luciana needs to use her judgment to effectively provide language access.

Key Terminology and Vocabulary

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Supplementary Resources: Anxiety disorders (Mayo Clinic); Trastornos de ansiedad (Mayo Clinic); Anxiety disorders (Merck Manual); Trastornos de ansiedad (Merck Manual); Depression (Medline Plus); La depresión (Medline Plus); American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; Youth Mental Health (Mental Health America); National Alliance on Mental Illness; Interpreting blog (Kenton Myers and Gloshanda Lawyer); A Conversation Starter: Reclaiming our Time (Kenton Myers, Gloshanda Lawyer, and Tiffany Hill); How to Give to Others without Burning Out (UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center); The new 988 mental health hotline is live. Here’s what to know (NPR); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline); CCHI’s Mini-Glossaries for Interpreters (Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters)

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