Forest Books: P. Hindley & Nick Kitson (Eds.) Mental Health And Deafness

This book provides a straightforward, comprehensive text aimed at care workers with deaf people, general and specialist mental health workers and other professionals working in the area of deafness. Leading experts in their field cover a wide range of deaf mental health issues. Subjects include: Part 1- Assessment; Deaf People in Society, Child and Family, Adult Psychiatry, Mental Impairment, Multi-sensory Impairment, Child Abuse, Psychological Assessment, Forensic Psychiatry, Addictive Behaviour. Part 2 - Management: Mental Health Workers - Deaf or Hearing, Educational Interventions, Psychodynamic and Creative Therapies, Family Therapy, Behavioural and Cognitive Approaches, Drug Treatments, Rehabilitation, Preventative Approaches. Paperback 250 page 1998