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Books, DVDs and Videos available to professionals working in mental health and deafness - with reviews. If there is no review available and you would like to send in a review please email [email protected]
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- Advances in Cognition, Education and Deafness
- Assertive Community Treatment with Deaf People: The Deaf Enhanced Support Team
- Communication and Mental Illness: Theoretical and Practical Approaches
- Context, Cognition and Deafness
- Coping with Depression
- Counselling - The Deaf Challenge
- Culturally Affirmative Psychotherapy with Deaf Persons
- Deaf and Sober
- Deafness and Mental Health
- Deafness In Mind
- Deaf People: Evolving perspectives from psychology, education and sociology
- Ethics in Mental Health and Deafness
- The Hand - How its use shapes the Brain, Language and Human Culture
- Men's Guide to Sexual Health Video Pack
- The Mental Health Act DVD For Deaf People
- The Mental Health Act Video For Deaf People
- Mental Health Care of Deaf People
- Mental Health and Deafness
- Of Sound and Mind: Deafness, Personality and Mental Health
- Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language and Education
- Paths NDCS Report: The Way Towards Personal and Social Empowerment for Deaf Children
- Proceedings of the Second European Congress on Mental Health and Deafness: Namur 1991
- Proceedings of the Sixth European Congress on Mental Health and Deafness: CD-Rom Health & well-being Austria, 2003
- Proceedings of the Third European Congress on Mental Health and Deafness: Health and Well being - Paris 1994
- Psychological Development of Deaf Children
- Psychological Perspectives on Deafness: Volume I
- Psychological Perspectives on Deafness: Volume II
- Psychosocial Aspects of Deafness
- Psychotherapy with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons
- Psychotherapy with Deaf Clients from Diverse Group
- Secure Through Sign
- Sign Language in Mental Health -Deaf Professionals in Mental Health
- Sign Processes in Deaf People in Working Memory
- Signs for Work - Mental Health
- Women's Guide to Sexual Health Video Pack
Advances in Cognition,
Education and Deafness
David S. Martin. Ed.
This integrated volume provides research findings from 39 international scholars investigating six areas: cognitive assessment, language and cognition, cognitive development, neuroscientific issues, cognitive processes, and cognitive intervention.
Paperback, 329 pages, published 2001.
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Assertive Community Treatment with Deaf
People:
The Deaf Enhanced Support Team - A Service Evaluation
National Deaf Services
This research study shows that it is possible to offer high quality Assertive Community Treatment for Deaf people with severe mental illness, while making all the necessary adaptations to target this cultural minority group dispersed across a large geographical area.
Spiral-bound, 62 pages, published 2004.
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Communication and Mental Illness: Theoretical
and Practical Approaches
France, J. & Kramer, S. (Eds.)
This is written by a multidisciplinary group of experts in the field of mental health and psychiatry. A comprehensive and practical textbook, it will help professionals to gain a deeper understanding of the pivotal role communication plays in mental health, and apply this knowledge to a range of mental health settings, and to Deaf as well as hearing clients and patients.
Paperback, 478 pages, published 2001.
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Context, Cognition and Deafness
Clark, Marschark & Karchmer (Eds)
In this American volume, scholars in a variety of disciplines elucidate the effects of family, peers and schools on deaf children. Complementary observations from researchers in anthropology, psychology, linguistics, basic visual sensory processes, education, cognition and neurophysiology are shared in conjunction with findings in explorations of vocabulary learning, emotional development, development of the mind, and perspectives on the coming of age of deaf children in relation to their social environment.
Hardcover, 460 pages, published 2001.
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This in-house video from National Deaf Services/Old Church explains about depressed thinking and depressed mood. It is intended for use with psychological therapy, but is useful for depressed people who are not in therapy yet. It is produced in BSL, with no spoken commentary or subtitles. It is based on "Coping With Depression" (Revised 2000. Judith T Beck).
Video, 30 mins, published 2000.
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Counselling: The Deaf Challenge
Mairian Corker
Based on a lifetime's experience of being deaf, and fifteen years of professional experience, this book is a unique resource for all professionals, both deaf and hearing who work with deaf people. It examines issues within counselling practice such as: language and communication; counsellor self-knowledge; benevolence, power and alienism. It includes case studies and dialogues from deaf counsellors and clients working across cultural and linguistic boundaries, and many practical recommendations for using deaf experience to inform and improve counselling practice and training.
Paperback, 262 pages, published 1994.
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Culturally Affirmative Psychotherapy with
Deaf Persons
N S Glickman & Michael A. Harvey
Starting from the premise that members of the Deaf community are best thought of as culturally different rather than disabled, the contributors present an approach to counselling Deaf people based on the best practices currently known in cross-cultural treatment of minority persons. Among the topics discussed are: the development of cultural self awareness in Deaf and hearing people; the necessity to work with Deaf culture; and the specific skills of culturally affirmative counselling and psychotherapy.
Paperback, 304 pages, published 1999.
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Deaf and Sober
Betty G. Miller
This book offers readers an understanding of the unique challenges and experiences of deaf people with addiction. Anonymous personal narratives bring the recovery issues to life. The book will be of interest not only to professionals but also recovering individuals, their families and friends.
Paperback, 196 pages, published 1998.
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Deafness and Mental Health
John C Denmark
This clear, practical book outlines the nature of the different kinds of deafness and covers both clinical and service aspects of working with deaf people. The book includes many illustrative examples, and is written not only for professionals in the mental health field, but also for all those whose work brings them into contact with deaf children and adults.
Paperback, 160 pages, published 1994.
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Deafness In Mind: Working Psychologically
with Deaf People Across the Lifespan
Sally Austen & Susan Crocker
This book presents the varying theoretical approaches to the psychology of deafness: systemic, bio-psychosocial, psychodynamic, medical and cognitive neuropsychological models. Uniquely, clinical theory and practice are linked to provide a comprehensive understanding of the deaf mental health field. For the first time, the subject of cochlear implants is discussed along with the mental health of culturally Deaf people. Similarly, prevention is considered alongside prevalence. Thus, unique in its application of scientific methodology to the study of deafness, this book appraises the wider political views where other books have taken a focussed view. Current services and new directions in the field are brought together to provide a definitive text in the psychology of mental health and deafness.
Paperback, 300 pages, published 2004.
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Deaf People: Evolving perspectives from psychology,
education and sociology
J.F. Andrews, I.W. Leigh & M.T. Wein
This examination of the psychology of the Deaf community through history, current topics and the personal experience of two deaf American authors provides an important deaf perspective. Case studies are presented throughout the text to demonstrate real life issues, and end of chapter study questions help reinforce chapter concepts.
Hardcover, 294 pages, published 2003.
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Ethics in Mental Health and Deafness
Virginia Gutman (Ed.)
This volume explores ethical issues specific to working with deaf clients, particularly matters of confidence, managing multiple relationships, and the clinician's competency to provide services, particularly in communicating with and understanding deaf people.
Hardcover, 224 pages, published 2002.
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The Hand - How its use shapes the Brain, Language
and Human Culture
Frank R. Wilson
'The Hand is my candidate for the best book of the decade.' (William Stokoe) The book suggests the ways in which our hands have shaped our development, cognitive, linguistic, and psychological, in light of the research done in anthropology, neuroscience, linguistics and psychology.
Paperback, 400 pages, published 1998.
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Men's Guide to Sexual Health Video Pack
This video is useful for deaf individuals or health care/social work professionals working with them. It is presented in BSL with voice-over and subtitles and include role-play of real-life situations.
Video, 22 mins, published 1997.
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The Mental Health Act DVD For Deaf People
B.S.M.H.D.
This DVD is presented in BSL by Deaf people and has subtitles. It aims to inform those that have Mental Health problems so that they can understand their rights and make decisions about their treatment. It is also of interest to anyone working in the field of Mental Health and Deafness.
DVD, published 2004.
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The Mental Health Act Video For Deaf
People
B.S.M.H.D.
This video is presented in BSL by Deaf people and has subtitles. It aims to inform those that have Mental Health problems so that they can understand their rights and make decisions about their treatment. It is also of interest to anyone working in the field of Mental Health and Deafness.
Video, published 2004.
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Mental Health Care of Deaf People - Affirmative
Approach
Neil S. Glickman & Sanjoy Gulati (Eds.)
This is a comprehensive clinical guide of interest to psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and other mental health professionals and administrators. It reviews the special needs of deaf patients, particularly those who consider themselves 'culturally Deaf'. It provides professionals with useful tools with which to meet those needs, including recopiable handouts on a CD-Rom and pictorial questionnaires and information sheets, for example explaining medication and inquiring about side effects.
Hardcover, 448 pages, published 2003.
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Mental Health and Deafness
Peter Hindley and Nick Kitson
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, 470 pages, published 1999.
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Of Sound and Mind: Deafness, Personality
and Mental Health
George Montgomery
Now over 20 years old, this book is still a favourite introduction to deaf awareness at a bargain price. A collection of papers by Deaf and hearing experts in their field, it contains chapters on: stigma and deafness; the impact of educational methods on the acquisition of language, and the effect of these methods on mental health; the nature of deafness; stereotyping; sex education; communication; psychiatric services; rehabilitation; self and group identity.
Paperback, 165 pages, published 1978.
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Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language
and Education
Marc Marschark & Patricia E. Spencer
This is a remarkable text, in both its breadth and depth and is sure to become one of the most important reference books in the field of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. Written to be accessible to students and practitioners as well as researchers, it is an ambitious work that brings together historical information, research, and strategies for teaching and service provision. International in scope, it has 34 chapters by leading authorities from the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia. It covers educational issues; cultural, social and psychological issues; language and language development; signed languages; hearing and speech perception; and cognitive correlates and consequences of deafness.
Hardcover, 505 pages, published 2003.
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Paths NDCS Report: The Way Towards Personal and Social Empowerment for Deaf Children
Aimed at professionals working in the field of personal and social development, this report summarises the success of the project in empowering children with personal and social skills. Children developed a more positive self-image and emotional language as well as improved relationships with others. There were significant improvements in self-control, interpersonal problem-solving skills and independent thinking skills. With those skills, our children become more emotionally healthy, ready to develop into socially responsible adults.
Paperback, 48 pages, published 1999.
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Proceedings of the Second European Congress on Mental Health and Deafness: Namur 1991
(In English, but repeated in French) Invaluable reading for all in the field.
Paperback, 527 pages, published 1992.
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Proceedings of the Sixth European Congress on Mental Health and Deafness: Health & well-being - Austria 2003
CD-ROM, published 2004.
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Proceedings of the Third European Congress on Mental Health and Deafness: Deafness and Wellbeing - Paris 1994
(Also available in French) Invaluable reading for all in the field.
Paperback, 165 pages, published 1994.
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Psychological Development of
Deaf Children
Marc Marschark
This was the first comprehensive examination of the psychological development of deaf children. Because the majority of young deaf children (especially those with non-signing parents) are reared in language impoverished environments, their social and cognitive developments may differ markedly from hearing children. This book details those potential differences and provides a perspective of deaf children and deafness. Empirical evaluations of deaf children's intellectual and academic abilities are stressed throughout.
Paperback, 275 pages, published 2000.
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Psychological Perspectives on Deafness:
Volume I
Marc Marschark & M. Diane Clark
This book provides an overview of psychological research concerning deaf people, deafness and related topics. It provides a broad but coherent picture of the scientific issues facing researchers and the relationships between biology, language, cognition and social processes in deaf individuals. Topics include: social and cultural contexts of deafness; language and language development and reading and cognition.
Hardcover, 393 pages, published 1993.
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Psychological Perspectives on Deafness:
Volume II
Marc Marschark & M Diane Clark (Eds)
This edited volume picks up where 'Psychological Perspectives on Deafness Volume I' ended. It surveys issues within the field of deafness such as cognition, learning disabilities, social development, language development and psychopathology. It also highlights the many findings from researchers across a variety of disciplines - psychology, education, linguistics, and child development.
Hardcover, 300 pages, published 1998.
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Psychosocial Aspects of Deafness
Nanci A. Scheetz
This American title highlights important contemporary mental health issues in relation to deafness in both adults and children. It covers the development of one's identity, the emergence of the healthy personality and the establishment of services. In addition it offers assessment tools, counselling techniques and therapeutic models. Family dynamics are discussed from multiplicity of ethnic backgrounds reflecting cultural diversity within the Deaf community. Classroom management techniques that focus on the emotional growth of deaf and hard of hearing children are considered.
Hardcover, 324 pages, published 2004.
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Psychotherapy with Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Persons 2nd Edition: A Systemic Model
Michael A. Harvey
Balancing theory with practice, a framework is offered for understanding functional and dysfunctional relationships that often occur within families and among therapists, counsellors and professionals working with deaf and hard-of-hearing people. It formulates and implements clinical interventions at the individual, family and larger-than-family levels, including work with individuals who may have been traumatically deafened or have a progressive hearing loss, or be hearing children of deaf parents. It includes an examination of communication and culture, as well as the issues of using an interpreter in the therapeutic process.
Hardcover, 176 pages, published 2003.
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Psychotherapy with Deaf Clients from Diverse
Groups
Irene W. Leigh
This book is the first of its kind, exploring psychotherapy issues around the diversity of knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and experiences that Deaf people may have.
Hardcover, 200 pages, published 1999.
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Secure Through Sign
Mayflower Hospitals
Mayflower Hospitals provide culturally and linguistically appropriate forensic mental health, secure care and treatment for Deaf people. This very informative video takes a look at some of the main issues of life within a medium secure environment and illustrates how the appropriately skilled Deaf and hearing workforce can provide services to this client group.
Video, 10 mins, published 2002.
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Sign Language in Mental Health - Deaf Professionals
in Mental Health
Herbert Klein
This book is the first recognised vocabulary of signs used in the field of mental health and, as such, will be useful for mental health workers, social workers, interpreters, community development workers, and deaf people themselves.
Paperback, 137 pages, published 2000.
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Sign Processes in Deaf People in Working
Memory
J G Kyle (Centre for Deaf Studies University of Bristol)
This comprehensive academic report which considers memory processes in Deaf people will be of interest to psychology or linguistics students and professionals.
Spinal-bound, 88 pages, published 1996.
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Signs for Work - Mental Health
This is the first in a set of 3 CD-ROMs which offer definitive reference to recognised vocabulary of BSL signs used in various settings within the emergency professions. For any version of Microsoft Windows. Will run on MAC with a PC emulator.
CD-ROM, published 2001.
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Women's Guide to Sexual Health Video Pack
This video is useful for deaf individuals or health care/social work professionals working with them. It is presented in BSL with voice-over and subtitles and include role-play of real-life situations.
Video, 22 mins, published 1997.
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