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Mental Health Intake Appointment
Mental Health Intake Nurse (speaking English) and 来访者 Botha先生 (speaking Afrikaans) talk through “Mental Health Intake Appointment”. You interpret both ways — English into Afrikaans, and Afrikaans into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Thanks for coming in today, Mr. Botha. Can you tell me a bit more about what's been troubling you lately, and for how long?
Ek voel baie angstig, veral in die aande, en ek het nou al drie weke lank swak geslaap. Soms kry ek skielik van daai paniekaanvalle.
How often do these panic attacks happen during the week, and have you already spoken with your GP about a Mental Health Care Plan?
My ma het ook depressie gehad, so ek is bang dit loop in die familie. Ek het nog nie na my huisdokter gegaan nie, en ek wil nie sommer medisyne begin gebruik nie.
I can refer you to a registered psychologist for up to six sessions under Medicare, but your GP still needs to sign off first.
Sal ek vir daai sessies moet betaal, en hoe gou kan ek 'n afspraak kry? Ek werk lang ure en kan nie sommer enige tyd afkom nie.
Good news — many psychologists here bulk bill fully. I've booked you at Barwon Health for Thursday at two-thirty, if that time suits you.
Donderdag om half drie behoort te werk vir my. Maar wat as dit voel of ek nie kan wag tot dan nie — wat moet ek dan doen?
If things get worse before then, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14 straight away — or 000 if it becomes an emergency.
Dankie, dit stel my gerus om te weet daar's iemand om te bel. Ek is net bekommerd oor my werk — moet ek vir my werkgewer sê wat aangaan?
You can also ask your GP for a medical certificate, so you can take some time off work while you recover.
Goed, ek sal vra vir 'n mediese sertifikaat en sal beslis Donderdag daar wees. Dankie dat u na my geluister het vandag.
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- mental health care planVerduidelik dit as 'n geestesgesondheidsorgplan deur die dokter opgestel vir gesubsidieerde beradingsessies; die term self kan getranslitereer word as 'geestesgesondheidsplan'.
- medicareSê net 'Medicare' soos dit is; dit is 'n eiename en het geen Afrikaanse vertaling nie.
- bulk billSê 'bulk bill' as die vaknaam, of verduidelik as 'direkte Medicare-fakturering sonder eie bydrae van die pasiënt'.
- lifelineSê net 'Lifeline' soos dit is, aangesien dit 'n eiename is.
- medical certificateSê 'mediese sertifikaat' — dit word direk so verstaan in Afrikaans.
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