The role of interpreters in psychotherapy with refugees: An exploratory study

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-39

  Miller, Kenneth E ^a   Martell, Zoe L ^a   Pazdirek, Linda ^a   Caruth, Melissa ^a   Lopez, Diana ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPRETER; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFUGEE; THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFUGEES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRANSLATING;

EID: 13844309816     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.75.1.27     Document Type: Article

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