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SignHealth is committed to bringing better healthcare and equality of service provision to deaf people in the UK
To achieve our goals we will need to work in partnership with deaf people and deaf organisations, with health charities and other charities
Providing a World Class Psychological Therapy Service for Deaf BSL Users
Hazel Flynn – Clinical Management LeadCelia Hulme – KTP Associate UCLan/SignHealth
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Presentation Aims
• Mental Health and Deafness
• Consider cultural & linguistic needs of Deaf community
• Recovery/Outcomes
• Summary
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Mental Health & Deafness • 107,000 Deaf BSL users (IPSOS MORI GP Survey 2010)
• Most Deaf mental health services are at secondary/tertiary level providing Step 4/5 care
• Only ONE primary care available for sign language users
• Deaf people experience same mental health problems as general population
• Unequal access to mainstream services due to• Lack of access • Communication barriers• Cultural awareness
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Issues for Mainstream Service
• Dispersed community
• Cultural issues
• Communication
• Language
• Access
• Lack of Deaf/BSL awareness
• Lack of engagement – stigma/fear
• English as a second language or limited understanding
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Sick of It
• 5 year study from University of Bristol & SignHealth
• Under diagnosis and under treatment of conditions
are more common in Deaf people
• Risk of preventable heart attacks and strokes,
diabetes leading to complications such as kidney
failure and blindness
• Deaf people twice as likely to suffer depression
(24% D v 12% H)
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Case Study - Laura
Background – physically abused by father, gang raped
(15yrs), DV ex husband, DV ex boyfriend, difficult
relationship with mother
Therapies: 3 episodes of treatment attempted before
referred to BSLHM
– in refuge 2 sessions with hearing counsellor
– therapy following crisis – self harming so severe had
hospital admission
– 10 sessions in a mainstream IAPT service
– Assessment with BSLHM – treatment offered
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Considerations
• Conventional, treatment involving written English is unsuitable for deaf people (William & Austen, 2000)
• Deaf clinical service population – reading levels are generally lower than hearing counterparts (Glickman & Gulati, 2003)
• Pretending to understand written materials (Harper & Connell, 2007)
• Cognitive impairment common (Vernon & Andrews, 1990)
• Average reading age of deaf school leaver - 8.7 years old (Conrad, 1978)
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Case Study - Laura
Background – physically abused by father, gang raped
(15yrs), DV ex husband, DV ex boyfriend, difficult
relationship with mother
Therapies: 3 episodes of treatment attempted before
referred to BSLHM
– in refuge 2 sessions with hearing counsellor
– therapy following crisis – self harming so severe had
hospital admission
– 10 sessions in a mainstream IAPT service
– Assessment with BSLHM – treatment offered
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BSL Healthy Minds
• First psychological therapy primary care service for BSL users in England
• Step 2 & Step 3 interventions• Culturally Deaf aware therapists • CCMS & CS provided by appropriately qualified & BSL fluent
practitioners • Open referral system • Outcome measures (GAD7, PHQ9, WSAS) – translated into BSL • Northumberland Guided Self Help materials – translated into
BSL • No BSL Interpreters • Most therapy sessions in GP surgeries • Delivered by a Deaf organisation
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What we offer
CBT/CfD
• Depression
– Childhood difficulties
– Power dynamics– Abuse
• Anxiety
–Limited life skills–Limited information
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ABC formulation
• Patient’s language/their words/their understanding
• Enabling exploration of– Thoughts– Feelings– Behaviour
• Frequently recapping sustaining positive change
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Accessible website and self-efficacy
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Evaluation Report
National IAPT BSL IAPT
Recovery 44% 76%
Waiting Time to treatment
Within 28 days 64% 61%
After 28 days 36% 39%
Declined treatment 22% 15%
Drop-outs 25% 16%
Not suitable/referred on/signposted 7% 7%
Stepped up - 18%
Referred on after treatment 8% 9%
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Evaluation Report
• Excellent recovery rates
• Low drop outs
• 61% access the service within 28 days
• High patient satisfaction (87%)
• Highlighted the importance of Deaf BSL therapists
(North West BSL Healthy Minds Evaluation Report, 2014)
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Cost Comparison
BSL IAPT Mainstream IAPTvia Interpreter
Access to Tertiary Services
PWP – 1 episode of care
Assessment + 8 sessions
£180 x 9
Total: £1620
PWP – 1 episode of care
Assessment +8 + Interpreter
£255 x 9
Total: £2295
(N.B. does not include interpreter mileage/supervision cost)
In the event that a client is not seen at the appropriate level at primary care, access to specialist tertiary services is at a cost of £550/day
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Summary
• Only psychological therapy service in BSL in the country
• 107,000 BSL users in England – small number but can result in costly treatment because of numerous referrals into mainstream
• Deaf people twice as likely to experience depression
• Cultural and linguistic needs must be considered if therapy is to be successful
• Clinical and cost effective – 1 professional in the room
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Questions?
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Contact
[email protected] [email protected]
Tel: 01494 687606Mob: 07966 976 747Email:
– @bslhealthyminds
• Referrals:– Sign language user– Aged over 16 years
• Self referral • GP referral• Professional referral
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References
• Conrad, R. (1979) The Deaf School Child. London: Harper & Row
• Glickman & Gulati (2003) Mental Health Care of Deaf People: A culturally affirmative approach. Mahwah, NJ; Lawrence Erlbaum Associate.
• Harper, A. & Connell, M. (2007) The role of deaf staff and interpreters in preventing challenging behaviour. In S. Austen & D. Jeffery (eds) Deafness and Challenging Behaviour: A 360o Perspective, Chichester, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd pp 208-222
• Hulme, C, KTP Associate (2014) North West BSL Healthy Minds Evaluation Report
• SignHealth. (2014 ). Sick of It . Available: http://www.signhealth.org.uk/health-information/sick-of-it-report/sick-of-it-in-english/
• Vernon & Andrews (1990) The Psychology of Deafness: NY; Longman Publishers
• Williams, C. & Austen, S. (2000) Deafness and intellectual impairment: Double jeopardy? In P. Hindley & N. Kitson (eds) Mental Health and Deafness. London: Whurr Publishers