In a recent study of a population of 41 deaf sex offenders incarcerated by the state of Texas, the rate of sexual offending by deaf offenders was 4 times the...
Studies suggest that anywhere between 2 percent and 9 percent of the population has had some degree of PTSD. However, the likelihood of developing the disorder...
DID YOU KNOW....... "Mental Health systems are, by their very nature, seclusionary to Deaf people." -National Association of State Mental Health Program...
DID YOU KNOW.... McCrone (1994) projected the presence of approximately 3,505 deaf heroin users, 31,915 deaf cocaine users, 5,105 deaf crack users, and 97,745 ...
MENTAL HEALTH BASICS..... The difference in Mental Health Professions Psychiatrist - Medical doctors who have a specialization in psychology, Their role is...
DID YOU KNOW.......... Mental health providers must also learn how to recognize and address the differences in how a deaf individual displays feelings and...
DID YOU KNOW.... Research shows that people who are deaf: *Have the same rate of biological mental illness as hearing people. *Are more likely to have...
DSM-IV Diagnosis of Substance Dependency: 1) Tolerance 2) Withdrawal 3) Substance used in larger amounts over a longer period than intended 4) Persistent...
DID YOU KNOW...... There is some evidence in literature of concurrent psychiatric symptoms, particularly psychotic symptoms, associated with Usher's syndrome,...
Colleagues, The American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association (ADARA) is seeking presentation proposals for the ADARA 2005 conference, scheduled for May ...
MENTAL HEALTH BASICS...... The Mental Status Examination (MSE) investigates eight areas of mental function: (1) appearance and behavior Usually done by...
Just finished "Mental Health Care of Deaf People: A Culturally Affirmative Approach" by Neil Glickman and Sanjay Gulati. This book is great for anyone...
DID YOU KNOW..... Research has indicated that sensory impairments are more common in people with Intellectual disability (ID). Studies have also shown a ...
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Mental Health Basics..... Aphasia is an impairment in the understanding or transmission of ideas by language in any of its forms - reading, writing or speaking...
Did you know... Several studies have found that the average stay of a deaf patient was far greater than hearing inpatients, with many staying over twenty years...
Mental Health Basics.... Tardive Dyskensia is a movement disorder where there are uncontrolled facial movements and sometimes jerking or twisting movements of...
KU researchers examine how family life is affected by children who are deaf LAWRENCE -- Two University of Kansas researchers have reviewed research on families...
DID YOU KNOW..... In a survey of Intellectually Disabled populations in England and Wales, it was found that only 20% had normal hearing. Nearly half of the...
According to a 1992 article by Williams and Wilkins published in The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease over one-quarter of the individuals with psychiatric...
The Flu Connection Does prenatal exposure to influenza raise the risk of schizophrenia? By CHRISTINE GORMAN Monday, Aug. 16, 2004 Doctors still don't know what...
DID YOU KNOW.......... Paranoid behavior has been found to be more common among those adventitiously deafened or hard of hearing than among those who were...
This research is a little dated. I'm afraid our prolific Dr. Vernon would wish that more recent stuff were cited. What is survival "paranoid behavior" is...
The core point is that individuals who are born deaf or become deaf early in life, adjust more easily than individuals who become deaf later in life. Previous...
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