Mental Health Care of Deaf People : A Culturally Affirmative Approach

Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 List of Contributors......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Prologue: My Story......Page 22 1 Culturally Affirmative Mental Health Treatment for Deaf People: What it Looks Like and Why it is Essential......Page 38 2 Psychiatric Care of Culturally Deaf People......Page 70 3 Psychological Evaluation of Deaf Children......Page 146 4 Culturally Affirmative Inpatient Treatment With Psychologically Unsophisticated Deaf People......Page 182 5 Sensory Strategies for Self-Regulation: Nonlinguistic Body-Based Treatment for Deaf Psychiatric Patients......Page 240 6 Culturally Affirmative Residential Treatment Services for Deaf Children With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders......Page 276 7 Culturally Affirmative Substance Abuse Treatment for Deaf People: Approaches, Materials, and Administrative Considerations......Page 298 8 Toward Culturally Affirmative Assessment and Treatment of Deaf People With Sexual Offending Behaviors......Page 342 9 Does God Have a Cochlear Implant?......Page 364 Epilogue: When the Therapist is Deaf......Page 386 Appendix: Using the skill cards found on the CD-ROM......Page 410 Author Index......Page 454 Subject Index......Page 460

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 a CD included in each copy of the book, to enable purchasers to print out and use copies in their work.

This comprehensive clinical guide and its accompanying CD constitute vital resources for all those who seek to provide sensitive, effective mental health care to deaf people.

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 of English--for example, explaining psychiatric symptoms and medication side-effects. The handouts are reproduced on a CD included in each copy of the book, to enable purchasers to print out and use copies in their work. This comprehensive clinical guide and its accompanying CD constitute vital resources for all those who seek to provide sensitive, effective mental health care to deaf people 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. This comprehensive clinical guide provides a resource for psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and nurses striving to provide sensitive and effective mental health care to deaf and hard of hearing people, particularly those who regard themselves as "culturally deaf." Glickman (a psychologist) and Gulati (a child psychiatrist) edit nine expert contributions including psychological evaluation of deaf children, sensory strategies for self-regulation, and culturally affirmative substance abuse treatment for deaf people. The accompanying CD-ROM contains a library of pictorial questionnaires and information sheets developed specifically for assisting diagnosis and treatment of deaf patients A systematic review of the special needs of deaf patients, particularly those who regard themselves as "culturally Deaf", providing much-needed help to clinical and counselling psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses and other mental health professionals.