Using an Interpreter in Psychiatric Practice

Topics: Affordable Care Act (ACA) | Culture | Diversity | Interpreter | Language | Translator

According to US census data, 21.9% of the US population speaks ‌a language other than English at home: chiefly Spanish, followed by Chinese (Center for Immigration Studies; www.tinyurl.com/s5e8s9q). Language barriers impair a child’s ability to receive appropriate, timely psychiatric treatment. Given these facts, as clinicians, we often need interpr