Ethics in mental health and deafness / Virginia Gutman, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gutman, Virginia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf people--Mental health services--Moral and ethical aspects.

Deaf people--Services for--Moral and ethical aspects.

Deaf people--Services for.

Psychiatric ethics.

Deaf people--Mental health services.

Deaf people.

Physical Description:

xii, 193 pages ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2002.

Summary:

This volume explores ethical issues specific to working with deaf clients, including matters of confidentiality, managing multiple relationships, and the clinician's competency to provide services, particularly in communicating with and understanding deaf people. Led by editor Virginia Gutman, a unique assembly of respected mental health professionals share their experiences and knowledge in working with deaf clients.

Irene Leigh commences Ethics in Mental Health and Deafness with her varied experiences as a deaf mental health practitioner, and Gutman follows with insights on ethics in the "small world" of the Deaf community. William McCrone discusses the law and ethics, and Patrick Brice considers ethical issues regarding deaf children, adolescents, and their families. In contrast, Janet Pray addresses concerns about deaf and hard of hearing older clients.

Minority deaf populations pose additional ethical questions, which are detailed by Carolyn Corbett. Kathleen Peoples explores the challenges of training professionals in mental health services specifically for deaf clients. Closely related to these topics is the influence of interpreters with deaf clients in mental health settings, which Lynnette Taylor thoroughly treats. Ethics in Mental Health and Deafness also features a chapter on genetic counseling and testing for deafness by Kathleen Arnos. The final section, written by Robert Pollard, examines ethical conduct in research with deaf people, a fitting conclusion to a volume that will become required reading for all professionals and students in this discipline.

Contents:

1 Ethical Problems in Deaf Mental Health Services: A Practitioner's Experience / Irene W. Leigh 1

2 Ethics in Mental Health and Deafness: Implications for Practitioners in the "Small World" / Virginia Gutman 11

3 Law and Ethics in Mental Health and Deafness / William P. McCrone 38

4 Ethical Issues in Working With Deaf Children, Adolescents, and Their Families / Patrick J. Brice 52

5 Ethical Considerations for Counseling Deaf and Hard of Hearing Older Adults / Janet L. Pray 68

6 Ethical Issues When Working With Minority Deaf Populations / Carolyn A. Corbett 84

7 Ethical Challenges in Training Professionals for Mental Health Services With Deaf People / Kathleen Peoples 99

8 Defining the Shadow: Recognizing the Imprint of the Interpreter in the Mental Health Setting / Lynnette Taylor 123

9 Ethical Issues in Genetic Counseling and Testing for Deafness / Kathleen S. Arnos 149

10 Ethical Conduct in Research Involving Deaf People / Robert Q Pollard, Jr. 162.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

156368120X

OCLC:

48477592