SignHealth is committed to bringing better healthcare and equality of service provision to deaf people in the UK To achieve our goals we will need to work in partnership with deaf people and deaf organisations, with health charities and other charities Providing a World Class Psychological Therapy Service for Deaf BSL Users Hazel Flynn – Clinical Management Lead Celia Hulme – KTP Associate UCLan/SignHealth
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SignHealth is committed to bringing better healthcare and equality of service provision to deaf people in the UK
To achieve our goals we will need to work in partnership with deaf people and deaf organisations, with health charities and other charities
Providing a World Class Psychological Therapy Service for Deaf BSL Users
practitioners • Open referral system • Outcome measures (GAD7, PHQ9, WSAS) – translated into BSL • Northumberland Guided Self Help materials – translated into
BSL • No BSL Interpreters • Most therapy sessions in GP surgeries • Delivered by a Deaf organisation
• Referrals:– Sign language user– Aged over 16 years
• Self referral • GP referral• Professional referral
References
• Conrad, R. (1979) The Deaf School Child. London: Harper & Row
• Glickman & Gulati (2003) Mental Health Care of Deaf People: A culturally affirmative approach. Mahwah, NJ; Lawrence Erlbaum Associate.
• Harper, A. & Connell, M. (2007) The role of deaf staff and interpreters in preventing challenging behaviour. In S. Austen & D. Jeffery (eds) Deafness and Challenging Behaviour: A 360o Perspective, Chichester, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd pp 208-222
• Hulme, C, KTP Associate (2014) North West BSL Healthy Minds Evaluation Report
• SignHealth. (2014 ). Sick of It . Available: http://www.signhealth.org.uk/health-information/sick-of-it-report/sick-of-it-in-english/
• Vernon & Andrews (1990) The Psychology of Deafness: NY; Longman Publishers
• Williams, C. & Austen, S. (2000) Deafness and intellectual impairment: Double jeopardy? In P. Hindley & N. Kitson (eds) Mental Health and Deafness. London: Whurr Publishers