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Practitioner Review: The Assessment and Treatment of Deaf Children with Psychiatric Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1999

Christopher Roberts  and
Peter Hindley
Christopher Roberts
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, U.K.
Peter Hindley
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital Medical School, London, U.K.
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Abstract

The assessment and treatment of deaf children with psychiatric disorder is intimately related to the individual child's communication, which in turn is affected by a number of factors, medical, social, and cultural. The deafness can be aetiologically related to the psychiatric disorder or can be incidental. Treatment strategies should be adapted to meet the individual child and family's needs. Deaf professionals have a vital role in mental health services for this population. The use of an interpreter can clarify communication and cultural issues for deaf and hearing children, families, and professionals.

Keywords

Psychiatric disorderassessmenthearinglanguagedeafnesshearing impairment
Type
Review Article
Information
The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , February 1999 , pp. 151 - 167
Copyright
© 1999 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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