Three’s a Crowd? Language Assistance in Mental Healthcare Settings in Slovenia

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ID7419293
AutoresMartina Bofulin (0000-0002-1946-3481, Karst Research Institute, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Fascículo60
Data de publicação2024-07-31
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTwo Homelands (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0353-6777 • E-ISSN: 1581-1212
EditoraThe Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3986/2024.2.05
OpenAlexW4401210285
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas28

The article addresses the inclusion of non-Slovenian speakers into mental healthcare services in Slovenia by looking at how language assistance is perceived and received during psychotherapy and psychosocial support sessions. Clients of mental healthcare services in Slovenia are increasingly more linguistically diverse, which may add to the existing challenges that the mental healthcare system faces. At the same time, it offers the opportunity to conceive more inclusive mental care for non-Slovenian speakers. The article highlights the main characteristics of language assistance in psychotherapy and psychosocial support sessions. It presents the findings of a study that point to the difficulties regarding implementing language assistance in mental health care in Slovenia, which are consistent with findings in other European settings and beyond

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