Interpreting for Mental Health Act Assessments (INforMHAA) (2021-2022)

This project focuses on best practices for sign language interpreters and approved mental health professionals (AMHPs) for working together when AMHPs are conducting statutory assessments in England under the Mental Health Act (1983).

Vlog posts:

https://lifeinlincs.site.hw.ac.uk/2022/06/06/interpreters-for-mental-health-act-assessments-informhaa/

https://lifeinlincs.site.hw.ac.uk/2022/01/26/interpreter-mediated-mental-health-act-assessments-informhaa/

Academic publications:

Young, A., Vicary, S., Tipton, R., Rodriguez Vicente, N., Napier, J., Hulme, C., Espinoza, F. (2023). Survey of AMHP perspective on interpreter mediated Mental Health Act assessments. Journal of Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1177/14680173231197

Vicary, S., Young, A., Rodriguez Vicente, N., Napier, J., Tipton, R., Hulme, C. (2024) The luxury of time: a reflexive thematic analysis of omnipresence, contradiction, and passivity in interpreter-mediated Mental Health Act Assessments. Qualitative Social Work. DOI: 10.1177/14733250241257096

Rodriguez Vicente, N., Young, A., Vicary, S., Napier, J., Tipton, R., & Hulme, C. (2024). Interpreter mediation in statutory mental health assessments: A scoping review. Interpreting and Society: An interdisciplinary journal, 4(2), 1-37.

https://doi.org/10.1177/27523810241279010

Project guidance and resources: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/informhaa/best-practices-for-amhps-and-interpreters-working-together/

Policy@Manchester publication: https://policyatmanchester.shorthandstories.com/open-minds/index.html#group-section-Interpreters-and-the-Mental-Health-Act-ApdRf2S0Z8

SIGNS@HWU people on this project:

Prof. Jemina Napier

SIGNS@HWU people on this project:

Project partners and funders: