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A sign of the times: modernising mental health services for people who are deaf
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Deaf and deafblind people experience great difficulty in getting access to health and social care services, and those with mental health problems are no exception. Providing effective mental health services to the Deaf community is more costly than for mainstream services. The existing specialised Deaf services should develop comprehensive multi-agency and multi-professional community services all over the country, and provide care co-ordination for all patients in their care.