Deafness and Mental Health: Perceptions of Health Within the Deaf Community

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A high rate of mental ill-health is known to exist within the deaf community. While deafness alone is not intrinsically linked to psychopathology, the experience of being deaf in a hearing world is a salient factor. The deaf community is now recognised as a cultural and linguistic minority, with its own worldview based on collective experience and long´standing beliefs. Cultural perceptions of mental health within the deaf community remain unexplored, and constitute a gap in an understanding of wellness and illness behaviour.

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