Mental Health and Deafness

Amanda OHearn, Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education ...geared toward clinicians such as family physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers who have little experience working with Deaf people...readers can expect to come away with a good basic understanding of mental health considerations when working with Deaf patients

Margaret du Feu is a consultant psychiatrist in the development of Deaf Mental Health Services in Birmingham, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland. Deafened by cochlear otosclerosis, she received a cochlear implant in 1999. She uses British Sign Language (BSL), Irish Sign Language (ISL) and spoken English both personally and professionally. Cathy Chovaz is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, Kings University College and in the Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine, at the University of Western Ontario. She was deafened in 1985, and uses both American Sign Language and spoken English.

INTRODUCTION ; CHAPTER 1. DEAFNESS: THE FACTS ; CHAPTER 2. DEAF PEOPLE IN SOCIETY ; CHAPTER 3. DEAF CHILDREN: THE BEGINNING ; CHAPTER 4. PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DEAF CHILDREN ; CHAPTER 5. EDUCATIONAL ISSUES ; CHAPTER 6. ADOLESCENCE ; CHAPTER 7. DEAF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: ASSESSMENT ; CHAPTER 8. DEAF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS ; CHAPTER 9. DEAF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: TREATMENT ; CHAPTER 10. MENTAL HEALTH OF DEAF ADULTS: INTRODUCTION ; CHAPTER 11. DEAF ADULTS: ASSESSMENT ; CHAPTER 12. PHYSICAL AND ORGANIC DISORDERS & INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY ; CHAPTER 13. SCHIZOPHRENIA ; CHAPTER 14. MOOD DISORDERS ; CHAPTER 15. OTHER DISORDERS ; CHAPTER 16. DEAFENED PEOPLE: MENTAL HEALTH ; CHAPTER 17. DEAFBLIND PEOPLE: MENTAL HEALTH ; CHAPTER 18. OLDER DEAF ADULTS: MENTAL HEALTH ; CHAPTER 19. LEGAL AND FORENSIC ISSUES ; CHAPTER 20. DEAF ADULTS: TREATMENT ; CHAPTER 21. SERVICES