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Recent articles on deaf, hearing impairment and mental health or related news stories;
Group helping hearing-impaired students left stranded at oasis
Chicago Tribune - Chicago, IL, USA
"It really is unfortunate," said Stromek, a deaf and hard-of-hearing ... or hard of hearing and exhibit behavioral, emotional or mental health challenges. ...
Deaf man's hope for depression to end
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
FOR seven decades Colin Hughes has been struggling to keep up with conversations swirling around him....depression plagues his days because he cannot participate fully in family life...
Traumatised Children Struggle to Rise Again
Inter Press Service, Rome Italy
The children, accompanied by mental health professionals, ... arrange a number of activities for children at Gaza's Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children. ...
Sh100m to promote rights of pwds
New Vision - Kampala, Uganda
“Persons with mental health problems are often subjected to inhuman treatment. The deaf and the blind are not provided for at all beyond their families and ...
Youth Call to Action
beyondblue - Australia
The new site kicked off with an advertising campaign aiming to raise the awareness of:
- the signs and symptoms of depression and anxiety in young people
- where to get help
The site also targets not only young people, but their friends,
parents and families.
The Deaf Children, Young People And Family Service
The Press in York - York, North Yorkshire, UK
“One in four of us will experience a mental health problem in our lifetime and for deaf children and young people, these problems can present greater ...
Chat with Dan Gottlieb
Blinq - Philadelphia, PA, USA
Dan will be joined by two guests today, both are mental health professionals. The chat will be about the mental health of people who are deaf or hard of ...
You can have a mental illness and a life
Sarah Russell - The Age, Australia
Statistics don't tell the whole story about living with manic depression. We hear so much about the depressing side of mental illness. Statistics focus on the high rates of suicide, homelessness, substance abuse, criminal behaviour, unemployment and divorce. Mental health professionals describe the burden of mental illness in terms of pain, suffering, disability and death......
Boy racers top annoying noise list
The Press - Christchurch,New Zealand
To number 14, The NFD (National Foundation for the Deaf) is not a Deaf (the ... these people have deeper underlying mental issues that need to be sorted, ...
McBurney students on campus
UW Badger Herald - Madison,WI,USA
The capital “D,” they point out, is the difference between Deaf culture and ... Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and mental health conditions. ...
Support for hard of hearing
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton,FL,USA
... about 107000 people in Manatee County are deaf or have hearing loss. ... experience negative impacts to their physical, mental and emotional health. ...
Study Tries To Define Roles In Niche Field
Jennifer Gauntt- Item On Line
Though only around one percent of the student population is affected by deafness, those who are often face problems in their schools that go beyond their inability to hear — they tend to have nowhere to turn.
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project report from Gaza: Death is ...
Isthmus - Madison, WI, USA
We do know that the Atfaluna Society for the Deaf in Gaza City, ... we sent to the staff of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme are somewhere under ...
As Shinseki Vows to Transform VA, a Look at “Washington’s Battle ...
Democracy Now - New York, NY, USA
Fifty million Americans are without health insurance, and 25 million are ... However, donations help us provide closed captioning for the deaf and hard of ...
Jindal: New dropout prevention program to begin in spring
Shreveport Times - Shreveport, LA, USA
... who abuse special education students, including deaf and blind students. ... by involuntarily placing them in mental health facilities for treatment. ...
£1m boost for deaf children
Walsall Advertiser - Walsall, West Midlands, UK
He said: "Deaf children are around 1.5 times more likely to develop mental health problems than youngsters who are able to hear. ...
£1.2m mental care deal will help deaf children
Dudley News - Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK
DUDLEY’S mental health trust has been awarded a national contract worth over ... that 40 per cent of deaf children have some sort of mental health problem.
£1m boost for borough's deaf youngsters
Halesowen News - Halesowen, England, UK
Dudley’s mental health trust has been awarded a national contract worth over £1 million to help provide help and support to deaf children. ...
Budget Stalemate Heavily Impacts Californians with Disabilities
California Progress Report - Oakland, CA, USA
... mental health needs, seniors and low income families, veterans with disabilities and mental health needs, the blind, the deaf and others. ...
Tampa Bay Academy denies claims of abuse
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg, FL, USA
By Rebecca Catalanello, Times staff writer TAMPA — Attorneys for a mental health treatment center deny state findings that the residential program for ...
Misconceptions for Older Australians (PDF)
Centerlink, News For Seniors, Spring 2008
Three million deafblind by 2050: report
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"It helped my life, made it a lot easier, plus I have had less mental health problems. I became more active ... I became busy. So I found going out in the ...
Extra help for young deaf people in Blaenau Gwent
WalesOnline - United Kingdom
There will be a particular focus on helping the most vulnerable young people, including those with mental health problems, physical disabilities or a ...
B'lore: Long way ahead to empower disabled
Mangalorean.com - Mangalore,India
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), about 6.3 percent of the total Indian population is deaf and mute. The five-day exhibition that began ...
Services for deaf children in Kent
Communitycare.co.uk - Sutton,UK
Other risks include low self-esteem and mental health issues. The team works in partnership with Kent Deaf Children's Society to run a local parents' group, ...
Fulton Youtheatre honored at White House
Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster, PA, USA
The program has included homeless kids, deaf kids, severely autistic kids, gang members, kids with anger and mental health issues, kids who've been in the ...
Myths, truths, and audism addressed in sexual aggression workshops
Gallaudet University Inside Gallaudet - Washington, DC, USA
As part of an ongoing outreach effort, the DCRCC recently teamed up with Gallaudet's Mental Health Center (MHC) to address these problems on campus, ...
EMILY HIGHLIGHTS PLIGHT OF DEAF CHILDREN
Dromore Today - Dromore, Northern Ireland, UK By PAUL WILKINSON
A DROMORE girl has helped leave Northern Ireland's decision-makers in no doubt about the plight of deaf children and young people in the ...
Noise and our health
Jamaica Observer - Kingston, Jamaica
Researchers found noise exposure was significantly related to problems in the classroom and mental health issues in children. The longer the exposure, ...
Thousands of deaf patients struggling to access basic health care
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington, DC, USA
In particular, it is Deaf individuals with mental health problems that suffer, say the authors. Well over three million (up to 40%) Deaf people experience ...
Sign language backed for medical students
InTheNews.co.uk - London, UK
Up to 40 per cent of the deaf community experience mental health problems at some time in their lives, nearly double that of the wider UK population. ...
A New Home for Sade
Ozarks First - Springfield, MO, USA
The state Department of Mental Health moved him to a house with a roommate who is also deaf. He also has an aide who's deaf and is teaching him how to ...
Getting psychiatrists to the people who need them
The Health Report- ABC Radio National- Australia
Health care professionals have identified difficulties in getting expert psychiatric services to patients. This program (POD cast and transcript) discusses the work that has happened in Ontario, Canada and the progam developed there to improve accesss.
Deaf Elderly Misdiagnosed with Dementia
Ivanhoe - Winter Park, FL, USA
By Kirsten Houmann, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Elderly deaf adults may score lower on mental health tests because of a ...
The police should buy decibel meters
Stabroek News - Georgetown, Guyana
Loud noise in any form does have severe negative impact on the mental and physical health of people. The more notable effects are temporary hearing loss, ...
DMH: The clock is ticking!
By Paul
Too many Deaf and Hard of hearing have suffered without mental health services! My heart bleeds every minute that there is no mental health services for deaf and hard of hearing people in the community. I did not have good sleep for the ...
Eye on the Ozarks: Lack of Deaf Services
Ozarks First - Springfield, MO, USA
I'm deaf, but I don't have problems like these people do. I feel pretty angry right now. I just want to move. I want to be out of here. ...
Justice may be blind, but it's also deaf or very hard of hearing
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis, MN, USA
It is the deliberately hard of hearing who turned a deaf ear to Latell Chaney and left him sitting in a southern Minnesota jail for months without access to ...
Free Service Improves GP Access For Deaf Patients, UK
Medical News Today (press release), UK
SignHealth is the only UK charity focussed on improving the mental and physical health of Deaf people. SignHealth already has a track record of delivering ...
Riders geed up by £380000
Bradford Telegraph Argus, UK
Mrs Lee, of Cross Hills, near Skipton, said horse riding has given the 11-year-old, who is deaf and has learning disabilities, more “independence” since she ...
Nearly all Indigenous kids in NT have hearing problems: expert
ABC News Wed Feb 27, 2008, Australia
A hearing expert in Alice Springs says about 85 percent of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory are suffering some sort of hearing loss.
D.E.A.F.
YouTube
A deaf man's struggle with alcoholism, affecting his beliefs and relationships within the Deaf and the hearing world. (28 minutes)
Tapping the hidden job market
Huronia Business Times - Barrie, ON, Canada
She works with people with physical and learning disabilities, mental health issues, and medical problems. She cites crone’s disease and fibremyalgia...
Talking about Depression more, not suffering more
An Australian research body feels that growing rates of depression are due to broader knowledge, diagnosis and acceptance about depression, not rising incidents of it.
Peggy Johnson elected a bishop
Worldwide Faith News (press release) - New York, NY, USA
She currently is a part of the Maryland Governor's Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Mental Health Task Force. A United Methodist bishop in the United ...
Children's sense of safety: Children's experiences of childhood in contemporary Australia report (PDF)
Drawing on the responses of 600 children, the findings of this research suggested that although the vast majority of children surveyed believe Australia is a good place to grow up in, many of them have an undercurrent of worry and concern for their own safety and the protection of other children.
The Two of Us: Ken Hames and Julie McElroy
Times Online - UK
I think I was a bit interesting because I’m deaf as well as having cerebral palsy. The fact that I have a twin sister who is able-bodied was also probably ...
Samaritans Rap Encourages Teenagers To Speak Out...
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
To reduce the stigma associated with mental health, and to encourage young people to speak about problems before they grow, Samaritans is releasing the rap song "1 in 10 (talk to someone)".
Mentally ill high in jail numbers
The Age, Australia -26 May 2008
An article about the poor mental health and wellbeing of those incarcerated in Victoria. A study claims that an alarming 50% of all people in custody in Victorian jails, have some form of mental illness.
Rights and wrongs
guardian.co.uk - UK
... people who are visually or hearing impaired; it also covers those with "hidden" impairments - people with epilepsy, dyslexia or mental health problems. ...
New hospital set to make an early start
ic Solihull.co.uk - Solihull,UK
There will be an inpatient ward for mothers and babies as well as services for people with eating disorders and deaf people with mental health problems. ...
Blurring the line between ‘normal’ and ‘disabled’
Spiked - London, UK
He called the introduction of the Mental Capacity Act was a mad affair, and wondered whether multiculturalism could be bad for your mental health. ...
Mental health advocate Patty Duke kicks off lecture series
Quad City Times - Davenport, IA, USA
At age 61, she spends much of her time as a mental health advocate. Duke will kick off the Vera French Foundation Lecture Series next week in Davenport, ...
An end to the silent suffering
The Herald - Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 14 May 2008
According to recent research, deaf people are four times more likely than the general population to experience mental health problems. ...
Mentally ill troops tell of bullying and neglect
The Age, Australia -21 April 2008
SERVING and former soldiers have broken ranks to expose the neglect, bullying and bastardisation faced by some Australian Defence Force personnel with mental health problems.
Disabled assaults a 'hidden shame'
The Age, Australia - 16 April 2008
A WOMAN with an intellectual disability was admitted to hospital 70 times over several years because of injuries she sustained when her husband assaulted her...
Mental health must be examined: Nelson
The Age, Australia -15 April 2008
Dr Nelson on Tuesday said more money needed to go into fighting mental illness, including psychiatry and community support schemes. ...
Technology advances help specialists in treatment of the hearing ...
News Journal, TX - 26 Mar 2008
... such as mental health issues, marital conflict or substance abuse. "Just because you're deaf doesn't mean that's the only problem you're ever going to ...
Help for families with mental illness
ABC Online, Australia - 13 Apr 2008
More than $3 million of Federal Government funding is going to an Adelaide-based organisation which helps children of people with mental illness.
Parents call for more programs for teens battling mental illness ...
Globe and Mail, Canada
They are two of several parents attending a news conference today at Queen's Park to tell chilling stories of how mental illnesses and addictions can strike ...
Airline discrimination of deaf passengers
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23519956-2862,00.html
http://www.theage.com.au/news/news/tiger-airways-accused-of-discriminati...
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23519956-661,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23521430-2,00.html
Deaf sexual abuse victims
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22940498-2862,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22946725-661,00.html
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23099665-601,00.html
Birth
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23233334-26103,00.html