Mental Health And Deafness Flashcards
1
Q
Glickman (2006)
A
- 64 deaf adults discharged from a psychiatric hospital in North America between 1999-2004
2
Q
2 very well matched control groups
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- 64 randomly selected hearing patients over a 5 year period
- 180 randomly selected hearing patients served at the hospital one day in March 2006
3
Q
Most common diagnosis?
A
- PSTD (29.7%)
- fewer deaf with a diagnosis of psychiatric disorder or substance abuse
- more deaf with a diagnosis of a mood anxiety, personality or development disorder
4
Q
What were the groups similar in?
A
Psychological functioning, but at higher risk of self harm or sexual offending behaviour
5
Q
Difficulties with forensic assessments?
A
- Limited availability of specialised psychiatrists
- Limited availability of psychiatric assessment tools
- Drawing parallels from hearing patients doesn’t help
6
Q
Barriers to accessing services
A
Deaf people failed by the system
7
Q
Hearing patient
A
- referred by GP
- assessed by crisis team
- diagnosed
- treated (drugs/community)
- family involvement
- prognosis (the earlier the better)
8
Q
Deaf patient
A
- avoids appointments due to language barriers
- who are they assessed by? And how?
- family involvement - are they deaf, do they sign?
- available services in the community?
