Mental Health and Deafness

This is an introductory text to mental health and deaf people for care workers and mental health workers, both those familiar with deaf people but not with mental health and those familiar with mental health but not with deaf people. The first section, Assessment, includes topics ranging from child and adolescent psychiatry, adult psychiatry, children who are deaf and have multiple disabilities, addictive behaviour and deafness, to maltreatment of deaf children. The second section, Management and Intervention, discusses subjects which include: interpreters in mental health settings, educational interventions, family therapy and drug treatments.Part 1.pAssessment, Deaf People in Society, Kay Meadow-orlans.pChild and Family, Peter Hindley.pAdult Psychiatry, Nick Kitson and Alice Thacker.pMental Impairment, Chris Williams and Sally Austen.pMulti-sensory Impairment, David Bond.pChild Abuse, Patrick Brookhouser.pPatricia Sullivan and John Scanlan.pPsychological Assessment, Lynne Blennerhassett.pForensic Psychiatry, Peter Hindley and Darshan Sharma.pAddictive Behaviour, Ken Checinski.pAcquired deafness, Katia Herbst.pPart 2.pManagement, Mental Health Workers - Deaf or hearing, Herbert Marvin and Nick Kitson.pEducational Interventions, Mark Greenberg.pPsychodynamic and Creative Therapies, Nich Kitson, Janet Fernando and Jane Douglas.pFamily Therapy, Barbara Warner.pBehavioural and Cognitive approaches, Sue O'Rourke.pDrug Treatments, Nick Kitson and Jeremy Bird.pRehabilitation, Nick Kitson and Sarah Wilson.pPreventative Approaches, Howard White.This is an introductory text to mental health and deaf people for care workers and mental health workers, both those familiar with deaf people but not with mental health and those familiar with mental health but not with deaf people. The first section, Assessment, includes topics ranging from child and adolescent psychiatry, adult psychiatry, children who are deaf and have multiple disabilities