[Deaf stigma in mental health, the example of mental health].

Deaf people with mental illness have to face to a double stigma: mental illness and deafness. Deaf and hard of hearing are a fragile population in term of accessibility to psychiatric care. The approach to the psychiatric clinic of deaf people must face the stigma that permeate the professionals in mental health about deafness. The possibilities to improve the condition of the deaf in the care and reduce stigma in these vulnerable populations are growing more and more last years.