Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

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Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

This glossary is for interpreters, translators, and bilingual staff who work with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. It provides a list of commonly used terminology relating to mental health and wellbeing, mental health services, mental health and suicide prevention, and stigma reduction. It has been translated into 30 languages.

Translations can be accessed within the English pdf document.

Organisation:: Queensland Health
Topic:: Health checks, Interpreting and translation
Target audience:: Health practitioners
Service area:: QLD
Published:: October 2020
Last reviewed:: October 2024

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Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

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Amharic - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Arabic - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Bosnian - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Burmese - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Chinese (Simplified) - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Chinese (Traditional) - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

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French - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Greek - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Hindi - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Indonesian - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Italian - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Japanese - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Karen - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Khmer (Cambodian) - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Kirundi - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Korean - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Polish - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Portuguese - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Samoan - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Serbian - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Spanish - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Swahili - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Tagalog (Filipino) - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Tamil - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Thai - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

Tigrinya - Glossary of mental health and wellbeing terms for interpreters, translators and bicultural workers

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