Gupta Maneesh, Caddy Jenny
Camborne Community Mental Health Team, Josiah Thomas Memorial Hall, Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust, Cornwall, TR14 8LQ, UK.
Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health. 2007 Sep 28;3:19. doi: 10.1186/1745-0179-3-19.
This case report highlights the diagnostic and assessment difficulties faced by mental health professionals when dealing with a Deaf client.
We used mobile phone text facility to monitor and liaise with the client while in the community. We focused on the affect and signing amplitude/intensity of the client to make a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, prescribed valproate semisodium, and noticed an improvement in two months.
This is an example of some areas of good practice when assessing a Deaf client with mental health problems.
本病例报告凸显了心理健康专业人员在处理失聪客户时所面临的诊断和评估难题。
我们利用手机短信功能在社区中对该客户进行监测并与其联络。我们着重关注客户的情感及手语幅度/强度,以诊断双相情感障碍,开具了丙戊半钠处方,两个月后有改善迹象。
这是在评估有心理健康问题的失聪客户时一些良好做法的实例。