Mental health: approximation from the language to interdisciplinarity Section: Featured Articles How to quote Rodríguez Rodríguez C et al. Aproximación desde el lenguaje a la interdisciplinaridad en los equipos de salud mental. Metas de Enferm feb 2006; 9(1): 16-18 Authors1Jesús Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez, 2Ana García Laborda Position 1Sociólogo. Antropólogo. Ministerio de Justicia. 2Enfermera especialista en Salud Mental. Socióloga. Antropóloga. Contact address C/ Sirena, 18. 28290 Las Matas. Madrid. Contact email: jc.rodriguez@sb.mju.es Abstract Taking the development of different health-related disciplines as the starting point, the conditions for true interdisciplinarity are analysed. Such interdisciplinarity to exist requires full autonomy and development of each of the disciplines as a prerequisite so that, through a translating language, mental health teams become aware each and one of the aspects of the common subject of the study, making the mutual understanding and collaboration of both types of knowledge, possible. Keywords: interdisciplinarity; language; collaborationspecialisation Versión en Español Título: Aproximación desde el lenguaje a la interdisciplinaridad en los equipos de salud mental