How do prelingually deaf people with schizophrenia experience hallucinations?

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Charlotte Huggett and Sophie Paul explore an important review looking at the content and modality of hallucinations in prelingually deaf people with schizophrenia.

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Determinants of mental health: a briefing from the Commission for Equality in Mental Health

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Noortje Uphoff summarises a briefing from the Commission for Equality in Mental Health, which outlines how people from disadvantaged groups are more likely to be exposed to the factors that have a negative impact on our mental health.

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Improving mental healthcare for deaf people: new review in the Lancet

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Research shows that rates of emotional and behavioural problems in deaf children are about twice as high as they are for hearing children. Depression and anxiety are common in deaf people and they face significant barriers to accessing mental heath services according to a new review in the Lancet. The review was carried out by [read the full story…]