Characteristics of Children and Adolescents in the Dutch National in- and Outpatient Mental Health Service for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth over a Period of 15 Years

Autor/inn/en	van Gent, Tiejo; Goedhart, Arnold W.; Treffers, Philip D. A.
Titel	Characteristics of Children and Adolescents in the Dutch National in- and Outpatient Mental Health Service for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth over a Period of 15 Years
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 33 (2012) 5, S.1333-1342 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2012.02.012
Schlagwörter	Hearing Impairments; Deafness; Mental Health; Health Services; Children; Adolescents; Patients; Stress Variables; One Parent Family; Educational Attainment; Parent Background; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Mental Retardation; Heredity; Referral; Early Intervention; Prevention; Foreign Countries; Longitudinal Studies; Demography; Clinical Diagnosis; Peer Groups; Comparative Analysis; Statistical Data; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Psychohygiene; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Patient; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Elternhaus; Geistige Behinderung; Erblichkeit; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Ausland; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Demografie; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Niederlande
Abstract	In this study socio-demographic, deafness-related and diagnostic characteristics of hearing impaired children and adolescents referred to a national mental health service for deaf and hard of hearing children and adolescents were examined. Socio-demographic and diagnostic characteristics were compared to corresponding characteristics of hearing referred peers with identified mental health problems. The difference in characteristics between them and hearing referred peers with identified mental health problems was analyzed. A total of 389 deaf and hard of hearing and 3361 hearing children and adolescents was extracted from a database, all first referrals of patients of a center for child and adolescent psychiatry over a 15-year period. With deaf and hard of hearing patients we found higher rates of environmental stress, as indicated by conditions such as more one parent families (38.6% versus 25.8%), and more parents with a low educational level (44.2% versus 31.1%). Moreover, deaf and hard of hearing patients were older at their first referral (10.8 versus 9.4 years) and had higher rates of pervasive developmental disorders (23.7% versus 12.3%) and mental retardation (20.3% versus 3.9%). Within the target group of deaf and hard of hearing patients, most patients were deaf (68.9%; 22.3% was severely hard of hearing), relatively few (13.7%) had a non-syndromal hereditary hearing impairment, and more (21.3%) had a disabling physical health condition, especially those with a pervasive developmental disorder (42.6%). These findings illustrate both the complexity of the problems of deaf and hard of hearing children and adolescents referred to specialist mental health services, and the need for preventive interventions aimed at early recognition. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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