Deafness in Mind: Working Psychologically with Deaf People Across the Lifespan

Preface.

Introduction.

Part 1: Introducting Deafness.

Chapter 1 Controversy in deafness: Animal Farm meets Brave New World - Sally Austen and Emma Coleman.

Chapter 2 Newborn hearing screening: The screening debate - Sally Hind.

Chapter 3 Medical and Physiological Aspects of deafness - John Graham.

Chapter 4 Tip-toeing through technology - Twanette Acker and Susan Crocker.

Part 2: Psychological Models Applied to Deafness.

Chapter 5 Pschodynamic considerations in working with people who are deaf - Hanet Fernando.

Chapter 6 Working systemically with deaf people and their families - Susan Crocker.

Chapter 7 Cognitive behavioural models in deafness and audiology - Sally Austen.

Chapter 8 Deaf wellness explored - Mary Griggs.

Chapter 9 Neuropsychological development of hearing-impaired children - Lindsey Edwards.

Part 3: Deafness and Mental Health.

Chapter 10 Mental health services for Deaf people - Nick Kitson and Sally Austen.

Chapter 11 The dynamic roles of interpreters and therapists - Jemina Napier and Sally Austen

Chapter 12 Substance use disorders and developing substance use services for Deaf people - Bruce Davidson, Helen Miller and Sylvia Kenneth.

Chapter 13 Cochlear implants in adults: the role of the psychologist - Sally Austen.

Chapter 14 The causes of schizophrenia and its implications for Deaf people - Alison Gray and Margaret du Feu.

Chapter 15 At-risk deaf parents and their children - Elizabeth Stone Charlson.

Chapter 16 Paediatric cochlear implantation - Emma Sands and Susan Crocker.

Chapter 17 Deafness and additional difficulties - Susan Crocker and Lindsey Edwards.

Part 4: New Developments in Psychology and Deafness.

Chapter 18 Suggestibility and related concepts: implications for clinical and forensic practice with Deaf people - Sue O'Rourke and Nigel Beail.

Chapter 19 Stroke in users of BSL: investigating sign language impairments - Jane Marshall, Joanna Atkinson, Alice Thacker and Bencie Woll.

Chapter 20 Non-organic hearing loss: detection, diagnosis and mangement - Catherine Lynch and Sally Austen.

Chapter 21 Training deaf professionals - Jim Cromwell.

Chapter 22 Older adults who use sign language - Sally Austen.

Chapter 23 Working with survivors of sexual abuse who are Deaf - Sue O'Rourke and Nigel Beail.

Index.