Deafness and Mental Health

This practical book, by one of the world's leading psychiatrists in work with deaf people, outlines the nature of the different kinds of deafness and covers both clinical and service aspects of working with deaf people. It is written for professionals in the mental health field also for all those who work in contact with deaf children and adults.

Acknowledgements. Foreword by Roy McClelland. Introduction. Disability. 1. Psychological, Sociological, and Cultural Aspects of Deafness. Introduction. Preverbal Profound Deafness. Deaf People with Disabilities. The Education of Deaf Children. Children of Deaf Parents. Post-Lingual Deafness. 2. Those Who are Both Deaf and Blind. Deaf/Blind People Who are Born Normally Sighted and with Normal Hearing. 3. Children Who Do Not Speak. Introduction. Causes of Failure to Speak. 4. Psychiatry for Deaf People: Clinical Aspects. Introduction. The Phenomenology of Mental Disorder in Deaf People. Pitfalls in the Psychiatric and Psychological Assessment of Deaf People. The Psychiatric Assessment Itself. The Method of Approach to the Psychiatric Assessment of Deaf People. 5. Psychiatry for Deaf People: Service Aspects. Historical Background. The Present State of Services. A Department of Psychiatry for Deaf People. Staffing. Facilities. 6. Mental Health Legislation and Deaf People. The Mental Health Act 1983. The Court of Protection. Advocacy. 7. Crime and Deaf People. Introduction. Crimes Against Deaf People. 8. Social Work with Deaf People. The Role of the Social Worker with Deaf People. Epilogue. Bibliography. Appendices. Glossary.