Interviews with 10 therapists at Foundation House (the Victorian torture and trauma service) about doing therapy with interpreters. It explores the interpreter’s roles and gives practical tips for building empathy and clear roles.
Resource type: Peer-reviewed study
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The effect of limited English proficiency and interpreter service use on clinical outcomes in psychiatric inpatient units
Compared psychiatric inpatients with and without limited English. Patients with limited English had more consultant reviews and received different discharge diagnoses, showing language affects care and outcomes.
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Professional Interpreters and Vicarious Trauma: An Australian Perspective
Interviews with Australian interpreters about vicarious trauma from interpreting distressing stories. It calls for training, briefing and debriefing so interpreters are protected and supported.
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Implementing interpreter training for dementia assessments at national scale using the RE-AIM framework: a mixed-methods evaluation
Evaluated a national training program for interpreters who work in dementia assessments. The training is now freely available and may improve dementia diagnosis for people who speak languages other than English.
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Predictors of cross-lingual competence in Australian mental health professionals
A survey of Australian mental health professionals about their skills in working across languages. More experience with CALD clients was linked to better skills, but the authors say specific training is still needed for all clinicians.
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Suicide in first-generation Australian migrants, 2006-2019: a retrospective mortality study
A national study of suicide deaths among first-generation migrants from 2006 to 2019. Migrants from Oceania and Africa were more affected than other migrant groups, and suicide among African-born women rose over time.
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Suicide and mortality following self-harm in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities in Victoria, Australia: insights from a data linkage study
Linked Victorian hospital and death data for people admitted after self-harm. Overall, CALD patients had lower risk of later suicide and death, but risk varied by region of birth and was as high as non-CALD patients for people with Asian backgrounds.
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Economic Cost of Suicide Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Migrants in Australia
Estimated that the 346 suicide deaths among CALD migrants in 2020 cost Australia about $2.9 billion. The authors call for a national suicide prevention program designed for CALD migrants.
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A suicide research agenda for people from immigrant and refugee backgrounds
A Delphi study with 138 experts, service users and carers that set research priorities for suicide among people from immigrant and refugee backgrounds. Top priorities were access to services, risk and protective factors, and culturally appropriate risk assessment.
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Help-seeking experiences of young people of culturally and/or linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds following suicidal thoughts and behaviours in Melbourne, Australia: a qualitative approach
Interviews with young people from CALD backgrounds in Melbourne who had suicidal thoughts or behaviours. They described stigma, difficulty talking with clinicians and not being taken seriously as barriers to getting help.