Deafness and mental health
By: edited by Laszlo K. Stein, Eugene D. Mindel, Theresa Jabaley.
Contributors: Stein, Laszlo K.; Mindel, Eugene D.; Jabaley, Theresa.; National Symposium on Mental Health Needs of Deaf Adults and Children (1st : 1975 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Grune & Stratton
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Deaf -- Mental health -- Congresses.; Deaf children -- Mental health -- Congresses.; Deafness.; Mental health.; Mental health services.
Description: xiii, 256 p. ; 26 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Includes expanded and updated papers from the First National Symposium on Mental Health Needs of Deaf Adults and Children, held in Chicago in June 1975 and sponsored by the David T. Siegel Institute of Michael Reese Hospital.
Table of contents: title: The deaf child: Studies of behavior problems of deaf children / Kathryn P. Meadow. Early identification and parent counseling / Laszlo K. Stein, Theresa Jabaley. The parent-professional / Jacqueline Z. Mendelsohn. Psychological evaluation of the deaf and hard of hearing / McCay Vernon, Paula Ottinger. Treatment issues with deaf children / Susan Goldstein Litoff, Valerie J. Feldman. Therapy in the office or classroom? / Eugene D. Mindel. A behavior-modification model in a residential setting for multihandicapped deaf children / Robert K. Lennan; title: The deaf adult: Mental health and the deaf adult / Kenneth Altshuler, Syed Abdullah. Insight-oriented psychotherapy with the deaf / Fred M. Levin. Counseling the deaf client / Larry G. Stewart. The role of the clergy serving the deaf / David Walsh; title: Societal issues: Sign language, mental health, and satisfactory interaction / William C. Stokoe, Robbin M. Battison. Legal strategies to improve mental health care for deaf people / Sy Dubow, Larry J. Goldberg. Employment, deafness, and mental health / McCay Vernon. Mental health needs and priorities in deaf children and adults / Robert I. Harris.