Deaf adults and children, like their hearing counterparts,
experience a full range of mental health problems. They develop
psychoses, sink into deep depressions, abuse alcohol and drugs,
commit sexual offenses, or simply have trouble adjusting to new
life situations. But when a deaf client appears on the doorstep of
an ordinary hospital, residential facility, clinic, or office,
panic often ensues. Mental Health Care of Deaf People: A Culturally
Affirmative Approach, offers much-needed help to clinical and
counseling psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses,
and other mental health professionals--and to their program
administrators. The editors, a psychologist and a psychiatrist, and
the authors, leading authorities with a variety of expertises,
systematically review the special needs of deaf patients,
particularly those who regard themselves as "culturally Deaf," and
provide professionals with the tools they need to meet those needs.
Among these tools is an extensive "library" of pictorial
questionnaires and information sheets developed by one of the very
few psychiatric units in the country devoted to the deaf. These
handouts greatly simplify the processes involved in the diagnosis
and treatment of people who in many cases are not good readers--for
example, explaining medication and inquiring about side-effects.
The handouts are reproduced on downloadable resources, to enable
purchasers to print out and use copies in their work. This
comprehensive clinical guide and its accompanying downloadable
resources constitute vital resources for all those who seek to
provide sensitive, effective mental health care to deaf people.
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