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Intersecting Cultures in Deaf Mental Health: An Ethnographic Study of NHS Professionals Diagnosing Autism in D/deaf Children.
Brenman, Natassia F; Hiddinga, Anja; Wright, Barry.
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  • Brenman NF; Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UK. natassia.brenman@lshtm.ac.uk.
  • Hiddinga A; Department of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Wright B; Hull York Medical School and Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Lime Trees Child, Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York, YO30 5RE, UK.
Cult Med Psychiatry ; 41(3): 431-452, 2017 Sep.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28243949
Autism assessments for children who are deaf are particularly complex for a number of reasons, including overlapping cultural and clinical factors. We capture this in an ethnographic study of National Health Service child and adolescent mental health services in the United Kingdom, drawing on theoretical perspectives from transcultural psychiatry, which help to understand these services as a cultural system. Our objective was to analyse how mental health services interact with Deaf culture, as a source of cultural-linguistic identity. We ground the study in the practices and perceptions of 16 professionals, who have conducted autism assessments for deaf children aged 0-18. We adopt a framework of intersectionality to capture the multiple, mutually enforcing factors involved in this diagnostic process. We observed that professionals working in specialist Deaf services, or with experience working with the Deaf community, had intersectional understandings of assessments: the ways in which cultural, linguistic, sensory, and social factors work together to produce diagnoses. Working with a diagnostic system that focuses heavily on 'norms' based on populations from a hearing culture was a key source of frustration for professionals. We conclude that recognising the intersectionality of mental health and Deaf culture helps professionals provide sensitive diagnoses that acknowledge the multiplicity of D/deaf experiences.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transtorno Autístico / Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde / Pessoas com Deficiência Auditiva / Assistência à Saúde Culturalmente Competente / Serviços de Saúde Mental Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Qualitative_research Limite: Adolescent / Child / Humans País como assunto: Europa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transtorno Autístico / Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde / Pessoas com Deficiência Auditiva / Assistência à Saúde Culturalmente Competente / Serviços de Saúde Mental Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Qualitative_research Limite: Adolescent / Child / Humans País como assunto: Europa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article