In this free Medical Spanish lesson you will learn how to have Mental Health Conversations in Spanish with your patients: Conversaciones sobre salud mental.
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In this free Spanish Medical Lesson you will learn:
- Relevant vocabulary related to the mental health conversations
- How to express feelings using the verbs to feel and to be in Spanish
- Mental health professional names
- How to explain the depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and post-traumatic stress in Spanish
- How to talk about suicide, psychotherapy and medical treatments in Spanish
- Other related lessons about mental health conversation in Spanish
Vocabulario Relevante – Relevant Vocabulary
- Ansiedad – Anxiety
- Afrontar – To face
- Apoyo – support
- Ataque (de pánico) – Panic Attack
- Bienestar emocional – Emotional well-being
- Depresión – Depression
- Desequilibrio – Imbalance
- El humor – Mood
- Buen humor – Good mood
- Mal humor – Bad mood
- Estado de ánimo – Mood
- Enfermedad – Disease
- Estrés – Stress
- Miedo – Fear
- Personas de confianza – Person you trust
- Amigo(a) – Friend
- Compañero(a) – Partner
- Familiar / pariente – Relative
- Trastorno: – Disorder
- Trauma / experiencia traumática – Trauma / Traumatic Experience
Unos sentimientos con sentirse o estar – Feelings with To Feel and To Be
- ¿Se siente…? – Do you feel…?
- ¿Está…? – Are you…?
- Me siento… – I feel…
- Estoy… – I am…
Useful Vocabulary for Mental Health Conversations in Spanish
Profesionales de salud mental – Mental Health Professionals
Explicando la depresión – Explaining Depression
Es posible que tiene depresión si / It’s possible you have depression if:
Explicando la ansiedad – Explaining Anxiety
La ansiedad es un sentimiento natural. Es la reacción que su cuerpo tiene cuando siente estrés, miedo y aprensión sobre algo.
Anxiety is a natural feeling. It is the reaction that your body has when you feel stress, fear, and apprehension about something.
Cuando tiene ansiedad, siente: / When you have anxiety, you feel:
- Frecuencia cardíaca elevada – elevated heart rate
- Respiraciones rápidas – Fast breathing
- Inquietud – Restlessness
- Dificultad para concentrar – Difficulty concentrating
- Dificultad para dormirse – Difficulty falling asleep
Ansiedad normal es pasajera – va y viene pero no interfiere con su vida diaria.
Normal anxiety is temporary – it comes and goes but does not interfere with your daily life.
Si usted se siente ansioso la mayoría del tiempo, y le cuesta realizar sus responsabilidades diarias, es posible que tenga un trastorno de ansiedad
If you feel anxious most of the time, and it’s difficult for you to do your daily responsibilities, you may have an anxiety disorder.
Ataques de pánico – Panic Attacks
Ataques de pánico son una ansiedad muy intensa o exagerada para la situación actual. Puede ser repentino y sin explicación.
A panic attack is very intense or exaggerated anxiety for the current situation. It can be sudden and without explanation.
Explicando el estrés postraumático – Explaining Posttraumatic Stress
El estrés postraumático puede ocurrir si usted pasa por una experiencia violenta o si usted observa una experiencia violenta.
Posttraumatic stress can occur if you go through a violent experience or if you observe a violent experience.
Conversando sobre el suicidio – Talking About Suicide
Explicando la psicoterapia – Explaining the Psychotherapy
La psicoterapia también se llama terapia verbal o conversacional.
Psychotherapy is also called verbal or conversational therapy.
Su terapeuta (psicólogo, consejero) es una persona de confianza quien le ayuda eliminar (o por lo menos controlar) los síntomas para que pueda funcionar mejor y sentirse mejor.
Your therapist (psychologist, counselor) is a trusted person who helps you eliminate (or at least to control) the symptoms so that you can function better and feel better.
Explicando tratamientos – Explaining Treatments
Empatía, Normalizando y Asegurar… – Empathy, Normalizing and Assurance
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Su tarea – Your Homework
- Review the notes & vocabulary
- Identify additional points and topics to discuss with patients
- Let me know if you need help 🙂
- Remember to keep it simple if you need to
- Ask for help in the comments below
- Give it a try with your patients!
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Assault is agresión in Spanish
Asalto is a mugging or hold up.
Please make these distinctions on your materials and website.