Abstract
The paper is the part of of research symposium Cultural diversity and mental health care of deaf and hard of hearing youth Annotation of research symposium Cultural diversity and mental health care of deaf and hard of hearing youth According to the World Health Organization (2012), there are 360 million people worldwide with disabling hearing loss (5.3% of the world's population). Nearly 10% of them are children (32 million). Research has shown that mental health problems are more prevalent in deaf/hard of hearing children compared with their hearing peers. Many providers of mental health care do not receive any formal training in caring for the unique needs of their deaf/hard of hearing patients. As such, these youngsters are often underserved and have increased burden from their mental health problems. The objective of this IACAPAP Symposium is to provide mental health professionals with evidenced based data and skills necessary to deliver optimal care to deaf/hard of hearing youth in a manner that is culturally and linguistically inclusive with keen understanding of the diversity and uniqueness of these children. Educational Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will learn about deafness, culture and linguistic identity and how that impacts mental health of deaf children
2. Participants will learn about the mental health needs of deaf/hard of hearing children and adolescents including clinical presentations, diagnostic interviews, psychological assessments and multi-disciplinarian treatment interventions.
3. Participants will learn about the challenges and barriers to care facing patients, families and communities in regard to accessing appropriate mental health services for the Deaf throughout the Europe, UK and USA.
4. Participants will develop an understanding of evidenced based psychiatric assessments and treatment interventions to meet the mental health needs of their deaf patients.
5. Participants will learn about systems of care including a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach meeting the complex mental health needs of deaf youth.
6. Participants will learn about the evolvement of Deaf culture, identity and language in a European country as well as the evolvement of disability rights and laws for deaf individuals.
7. Finally, participants will learn the role of sign language interpreters as communication bridge between hearing health care providers and deaf patients in a manner to optimize mental health care. Chair of research symposium: Karen Goldberg, USA Parts of research symposium: RS
24.1: Deafness, language and culture K.A. Goldberg1,2, J. Dreyzehner2,3. 1University of South Florida, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Tampa, USA. 2AACAP, Deaf Committee, Co-Chair, USA. 3CMO, Project Transition, Nashville, USA. RS
24.2: Assessment and treatment of deaf youth J. Fellinger1. 1Hospital of St. John of God, Neurological Institute for Language and Senses- Health Centre for the Deaf, Linz, Austria. RS
24.3: Systems of care in treating deaf youth A. Holwell1. 1Springfield University Hospital, Deaf Children- Young People and Family Service, London, United Kingdom. RS
24.4: Deaf identity, language, communication, culture rights in the Czech Republic A. Hudakova1. 1Charles University in Prague, Head of Institute of Languages and Communication of the Deaf, Prague, Czechia.