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Centro per disagio giovanile

English translation: Youth Counseling Center

17:42 Jun 16, 2015
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Psychology
Italian term or phrase: Centro per disagio giovanile
I'm translating a book by a mother, a therapist, who lost her daughter to depression and suicide.
She wants to start a "Centro per disagio giovanile" to help other youth in her daughter's same condition.
It's a center offering pscyhiatric help, and also spiritual guidance.

Disagio continually dogs me in this translation; I've ultimately opted, when it occurs alone, for "emotional pain" or "malaise" or "distress". But putting it in this title makes it more difficult. The best I have so far is "Center for youth problems", but that's pretty vague. "Mental health center for youth"?

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Peter

ps. a different formulation from those I've proposed above would be welcome!
Peter Waymel
Italy
Local time: 10:57
English translation:Youth Counseling Center
Explanation:
This seems to be a common formula.
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Neptunia
Local time: 10:57
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2Youth Counseling Center
Neptunia
4Centre for vulnerable children and young people
Rita Koterba (X)
4Centre for youth in difficulty
James (Jim) Davis
4Youth Support Centre
Fiona Grace Peterson
3Depression center for youths
texjax DDS PhD


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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Depression center for youths


Explanation:
Variants:

Depression treatment center
Depression resource center



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Note added at 17 mins (2015-06-16 18:00:07 GMT)
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Or "for youths and families" if appropriate

texjax DDS PhD
Local time: 04:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 18

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Anthony Green: Depression in a place name is very off-putting. Disagio is a bit strange in Italian too isn't it? I imagine not a single young person would be seen dead walking into a place with such a name!
6 mins
  -> Hi! I agree that it's not appealing but there are actually many centers with this name.
neutral  James (Jim) Davis: Hi Bruna. If you look here I think these centers are where they study and research depression/train personnel.http://www.nndc.org/centers-of-excellence/
8 hrs
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Youth Counseling Center


Explanation:
This seems to be a common formula.

Neptunia
Local time: 10:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anthony Green: it's a looser translation but one which is presumably far more appealing than going for a more literal translation
5 mins
agree  Carlotta Arona
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Centre for vulnerable children and young people


Explanation:
I worked in social services for 10 year in Children and Families division. In England this is a standard example of terminology used to describe young adults/children at risk or with mental health problems. If you look at the two website this may also provide further information for you. One is Kids Company who works across England with at risk children and the other is Place2Be which was set up to provide counselling and support to children and young people in schools, particularly those with mental health problems who are struggling since the earlier the intervention the better the outcome.

Hope this helps.


    Reference: http://www.kidsco.org.uk
    Reference: http://www.place2be.org.uk/our-story/why-our-work-matters/
Rita Koterba (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Centre for youth in difficulty


Explanation:
I think this is an equivalent catch-all phrase. "disagio" just means "non ad agio" not at ease and therefore in difficulty. Here the difficulty seems to be depression and psychological problems. It is often also used for economic problems. Other terms are Hardship (economic) and vulnerable (to suicide in this case). Of course for the name of this particular centre, you have a lot of different possibilities.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q="yout...

James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 12:57
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 103
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1 day 19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Youth Support Centre


Explanation:
Lots of Ghits. A slightly broader meaning than "counseling centre", which I also think is a good solution :-)

Fiona Grace Peterson
Italy
Local time: 10:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
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