Deafness and Mental Health: An Overview

Aim

This course is interactive; it aims for participants to discuss, acknowledge and identify positive methods and skills to work effectively with those who have a dual diagnosis of mental ill health and hearing impairments.

This course is delivered by a trainer who has herself, a hearing impairment and associated mental health problems, working full time within the hearing impairment team.

A hearing loop will be available during this training.

Course Summary

• What is deafness? Differences between acquired hearing loss, hard of hearing, oral deaf and Deaf sign language users.
• What is meant by mental health problems?
• Prevalence of mental health problems in d/Deaf people
• The psychological impact of acquired hearing loss
• Manifestation of mental health problems in d/ Deaf people
• Current mental health service provision for d/Deaf people
• Barriers to mental health services and assessment for d/Deaf people
• Barriers to assessment for d/Deaf people
• What is the government doing - looking at current recommendations, including the "Towards equality and Access Report" and how well this has been implemented

Course Time

10.00am-4.00pm