NEW YORK — Additional research concerning the impact of using interpreters for psychiatric care for patients with limited English proficiency is needed, according to a poster presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting.
Maria Sarmiento, DO, chief resident at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate, told Healio she was inspired to conduct this study alongside Deepika Sundararaj, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate, after witnessing interpreters work firsthand as a bilingual individual.
“There’s a lot [lost] in translation