Deaf Mental Health Care

"The group of authors brought together to create Deaf Mental Health Care consists of remarkable writers, researchers, and treatment providers. This text provides a multifaceted review of the past, present, and future of deaf mental health services through a clinical and cultural context. Deaf Mental Health Care is a must read for clinicians and practitioners serving individuals who are deaf. It is certainly a comprehensive, informative, educational, and timely clinical compilation of the history, current needs, and future directions of mental health care for individuals who are deaf. Each chapter is a well-crafted, succinct review of a particular topic, providing a coherent context of best practices and services within a culturally competent framework that can easily be followed and hopefully adopted by treatment providers." - Jill M. Meyer, PsycCritiques "Most textbooks on mental health overwhelm readers with research. However, Deaf Mental Health is able to strike a comfortable balance between research and practice. Chapters appear to be written with an emphasis on practitioners as consumers of this text. Thus, the work is not only easy to read, it is truly difficult to put down. The book is an essential text for clinicians working in the field who interact with deaf clients and patients. Furthermore, it contains enough research that it could be used as text in university courses on mental health care with deaf people." -Gabriel I. Lomas, PhD., Western Connecticut State University, JADARA "Deaf Mental Health Care is by far the best, most comprehensive and objective book on the psychological aspects of deafness I have read during my 58 years of working as a psychologist in the field of deafness." - McCay Vernon, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, McDaniel College "In his much anticipated book, the gifted Dr. Neil Glickman and his extraordinary collaborators have set the new standard for excellence in understanding and delivering culturally affirmative, linguistically accessible Deaf mental health care. It is important reading for all stakeholders in Deaf mental health care. I strongly recommend this book to you." - Bill McCrone, EdD, Professor Emeritus (Counseling) and Dean, School of Education & Human Services (1995-2001), Gallaudet University