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Mental Health and Deafness

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Mental Health and Deafness

Books

Allan, Kate; McLean, Frankie; Scott Gibson, Liz
Dementia and deafness: what you need to know
Deaf Action, [2005]
A basic guide for people dealing with deaf people who suffer from dementia.

Allan, Kate; Stapleton, Kim; McLean, Frankie
Dementia and deafness: an exploratory study
University of Stirling, 2005
Report of a survey about deaf people who have dementia and the specialist and non-specialist services available to this client-group.
http://www.dementia.stir.ac.uk/pdf/finaloct2005.pdf

Altshuler, Kenneth Z & Rainer, John D
Mental health and the deaf : Approaches and prospects
U S Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1969

Austen, Sally & Crocker, Susan
Deafness in mind: working psychologically with deaf people across the lifespan
Whurr, 2004
ISBN: 186156404X
Presents the varying approaches to deaf mental health including preventative methods.

Austen, Sally & Jeffery, Dave
Deafness and challenging behaviour: the 360° perspective
John Wiley
2007
ISBN: 9780470025482 0470025484
Multi-disciplinary professionals with specialist knowledge of working with deaf people explore aspects of mild to severe challenging behaviour. Special emphasis is placed on the needs of deaf sign language users.

Brambring, Michael; Lösel, Friedrich; Skowronek, Helmut
Children at risk : assessment, longitudinal research and intervention
de Gruyter
1989
ISBN: 0899255922 3110121344
Series: Prevention and intervention in childhood and adolescence; 7

Corker, Mairian
Counselling: the deaf challenge
Jessica Kingsley, 1994
ISBN: 1853022233
Recommended for readers with some prior knowledge of counselling techniques and deaf issues, interested in furthering the access of deaf people to a form of counselling that encourages self-exploration and self-acceptance.

Corker, Mairian
Deaf perspectives on psychology, language and communication: Part 1 Experience
Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities, 1990
ISBN: 1869965977

Corker, Mairian
Deaf perspectives on psychology, language and communication: Part 2 Self and identity
Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities, 1990
ISBN: 1869965977

Corker, Mairian
Deaf perspectives on psychology, language and communication: Part 3 Psycholinguistics
Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities, 1990
ISBN: 1869965977

Corker, Mairian
Deaf perspectives on psychology, language and communication: Part 4 Sociolinguistics
Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities, 1990
ISBN: 1869965977

Corker, Mairian
Deaf perspectives on psychology, language and communication: Part 5 Intervention
Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities, 1990
ISBN: 1869965977

Corker, Mairian
Deaf perspectives on psychology, language and communication: Part 6 Systems
Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities, 1990
ISBN: 1869965977

Denmark, John C
Deafness and mental health
Jessica Kingsley, 1994
ISBN: 1853022128
The author is a leading psychiatrist working with deaf people. This book contains illustrative examples and could be of particular use in helping to understand the nature of deafness and to recognise mental problems.

Edwards, Lindsey & Crocker, Susan
Psychological processes in deaf children with complex needs: an evidence-based practical guide
Jessica Kingsley, 2008
ISBN: 9781843104148
Children affected by deafness and additional difficulties, such as autism, specific learning difficulties and behavioural and emotional problems are discussed. Written by two clinical psychologists so it has a medical/clinical bias.

Elliott, Holly
Mental health assessment of deaf clients: A practical manual
College-Hill, 1987
ISBN: 0316233137

Furth, Hans G
Thinking without language: psychological implications of deafness
Free Press, 1966

Health Education Board for Scotland (HEBS)
Cool heads: stress central
HEBS, 2000
ISBN: 1902030184
Advice for teenagers on coping with stress and problems.

Hindley, Peter & Kitson, Nick
Mental health and deafness
Whurr, 2000
ISBN: 1897635397

Laurenzi, Carlo (Ed)
Keep deaf children in mind: current issues in mental health
NDCS, 1994
ISBN: 0904691373
Based on proceedings from a conference on mental health issues for deaf children.

Laurenzi, Carlo & Ridgeway, Sharon
Progress through equality: new perspectives in the field of mental health and deafness
BSMHD Publications, 1996
ISBN: 0952598701

Levine, Edna Simon
Psychology of deafness : Techniques of appraisal for rehabilitation
Columbia University Press, 1960

Marschark, Marc
Psychological development of deaf children
Oxford University Press, 1993
ISBN: 0195068998

Marschark, Marc & Clark, M Diane (Eds)
Psychological perspectives on deafness
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1993
ISBN: 0805810544
An anthology of papers on the social and psychological barriers faced by deaf people.

Marschark, Marc & Clark, M Diane (Eds)
Psychological perspectives on deafness: Volume 2
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998
ISBN: 0805827099 0805827102
An anthology of papers on the social and psychological barriers faced by deaf people.

Montgomery, George
Of sound and mind : deafness, personality and mental health
Scottish Workshop Publications, 1978

Moores, Donald F
Educating the deaf: psychology, principles and practices (3rd edition)
Houghton Mifflin, 1987
ISBN: 0395357810

Reed, Helen
PATHS: the way towards personal and social empowerment for deaf children: a report on the NDCS Deaf Children in Mind project: personal and social initiative
NDCS, 1999
ISBN: 0904691489
A three year initiative designed to empower deaf children with new personal and social skills and developed a school-based curriculum focusing on the emotional development of children.

Savage, R D; Evans, L; Savage, J F
Psychology and communication in deaf children
Grune & Stratton, 1981
ISBN: 0808913395

Schlesinger, Hilde S & Meadow, Kathryn P
Sound and sign: Childhood deafness and mental health
University of California Press, 1972
ISBN: 0520021371

Stein, Laszlo K; Mindel, Eugene D; Jabaley, Theresa
Deafness and mental health
Grune & Stratton, 1981
ISBN: 0808913476

Thomas, Alan J
Acquired hearing loss : Psychological and psychosocial implications
Academic Press, 1984
ISBN: 0126879206

von der Lieth, Lars
European congress on mental health and deafness: [proceedings of the conference held on 9-11 November 1988]
European Society for Mental Health and Deafness, 1988
Papers cover a variety of topics relating to deaf people (and children) and mental health issues.

Video

Open University
Issues in deafness: Video three: Deafness and mental health ; Video four: Signs of change: politics and the Deaf community (1 video tape)
Open University Press, 1991
Open Unversity course: D251: Issues in Deafness Accompanied by a Video Handbook (for both video tapes)

Software

Scottish Council on Deafness
Counselling ... : a resource
Scottish Council on Deafness, 2007
DVD for PC.

Articles

Austen, Sally
Snap-shot of deafness and mental health
Deaf Worlds 2006, Vol 22 (2), pS85-S90
Key questions arising from the diagnosis and treatment of deaf sign language users with mental health problems.

Black, Patricia A & Glickman, Neil S
Demographics, psychiatric diagnoses and other characteristics of North American Deaf and hard-of-hearing inpatients
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Summer 2006, Vol 11 (3), p303-321
A study of deaf people who have severe and/or chronic mental health problems. It compares the diagnosis of hearing and deaf inpatients in one hospital in the US.

Butler, Sarah
Out of sight, out of mind (In focus ... mental health)
Talking Sense Spring 2007, Vol 53 (1), p24-34
Looks at emotional and mental health issues for deafblind people.

Cromwell, Jim
Deafness and the art of psychometric testing
The Psychologist December 2005, Vol 18 (12), p738-740
Examines the problems that hearing psychologists face when testing patients who are deaf and also how interpreters can affect this process.

de Bruin, Ed & Brugmans, Petra
Psychotherapist and the sign language interpreter
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Summer 2006, Vol 11 (3), p360-368
A Dutch study into the use of interpreters in mental health settings.

Eckhardt, Elizabeth A; Goldstein, Marjorie F; Montoya, Louise A; Steinberg, Annie
Psychiatric diagnosis in a deaf sample using an American Sign Language veson of the diagnostic interview schedule-IV
Deaf Worlds 2006, Vol 22 (2), p20-48
A comparative study of the use of a computerised ASL version of a standard test to aid diagnosis of mental health problems.

Glickman, Neil
Do you hear voices? Problems in assessment of mental status in deaf persons with severe language deprivation
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Spring 2007, Vol 12 (2), p127-147
This article examines some of the problems associated with the psychiatric evaluation of deaf people who have very limited language.

Guest, Claire M; Collis, Glyn M; McNicholas, June
Hearing dogs: a longitudinal study of social and psychological effects on deaf and hard-of-hearing recipients
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Spring 2006, Vol 11 (2), p252-261
A study of deaf people's the improvement of social and psychological wellbeing after receiving an assistance dog.

Hintermair, Manfred
Sense of coherence: a relevant resource in the coping process of mothers of deaf and hard-of-hearing children?
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Winter 2004, Vol 9 (1), p15-26
Looks at the general well-being of the mothers of children with hearing impairment.

Kvam, Marit H; Loeb, Mitchell; Tambs, Kristian
Mental health in deaf adults: symptoms of anxiety and depression among hearing and deaf individuals
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Winter 2007, Vol 12 (1), p1-7
Reports on a comparative survey of deaf and hearing adults in Norway on mental health problems.

Wallis, Delia; Musselman, Carol; MacKay, Sherri
Hearing mothers and their deaf children: the relationship between early, ongoing mode match and subsequent mental health functioning in adolescence
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Winter 2004, Vol 9 (1), p2-14
Explores the impact of communication choices on the mental health of deaf adolescents.

Williams, Cyril E
Some psychiatric observations on a group of maladjusted deaf children
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and allied disciplines May 1970, Vol 11 (1), p 1-18
A special school in England is the setting for a study into the mental health of deaf children with emotional problems.

Website

Orr, Kate Skellington ... [et al]
Community care and mental health services for adults with sensory impairment in Scotland
Scottish Executive, 2006
ISBN: 075596117X
A report which examines the community care and mental health needs of, and current service provision for, sensory impaired adults in Scotland. The result of a review of services.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/06/14155326/0