@article{THESIS,
      recid = {12256},
      author = {Gill, Elena},
      title = {Deaf Mental Health: Analyzing Mental Health Clinicians'  Knowledge of Treating Deaf Patients},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {B.A.},
      address = {2024-04},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {Around 1.9% of the U.S. population is deaf, making for  over 6 million deaf people in the U.S. Previous research  has shown that deaf adults are consistently given  inadequate mental healthcare, and that physicians overall  do not have extensive knowledge of how to treat deaf  patients. This study aims to examine mental health  clinicians’ knowledge in specific, using both an online  survey and semi-structured interviews. Mental health  clinicians had an average correct answer score of only  17.56 out of 27 (65%). Participants scored particularly bad  on questions asking about logistics of the ADA (such as  payment) and interpreters. Two thirds of respondents (21  out of 32) admit that they are either “not very confident”  or “not at all confident” in providing the same level of  care to a deaf person compared to a hearing person. Nearly  half of respondents (14 out of 32) reported knowing little  or nothing about their responsibilities under the Americans  with Disabilities Act (ADA). This indicates a need for  change regarding psychologist training. Insights from the  interviews revealed that a Continuing Education module  about how to treat deaf patients would be the most useful,  including information on the history of d/Deaf oppression,  biological interactions between deafness and mental health,  Deaf experience/culture, and working with interpreters.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/12256},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12256},
}