title: Mental health. Sounding off.
abstract: The incidence of mental illness among deaf people is around 40 per cent. Only three NHS services currently provide inpatient and day hospital care for the deaf. Deaf service users are often prepared to travel for specialst care, and some even relocate.
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dent
mesh_terms: D003638:Deafness; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology