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ArticlePsychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)2025

Mental Health Treatment Engagement Among Deaf Individuals.

Aileen Aldalur, Melissa L Anderson, Kimberly A Van Orden, Kenneth R Conner

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Aileen AldalurDepartment of Psychiatry (Aldalur, Van Orden, Conner) and Department of Emergency Medicine (Conner), University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York; Department of Psychiatry and Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts (Anderson).ORCID 0000-0002-6067-8230
Melissa L AndersonDepartment of Psychiatry (Aldalur, Van Orden, Conner) and Department of Emergency Medicine (Conner), University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York; Department of Psychiatry and Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts (Anderson).
Kimberly A Van OrdenDepartment of Psychiatry (Aldalur, Van Orden, Conner) and Department of Emergency Medicine (Conner), University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York; Department of Psychiatry and Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts (Anderson).
Kenneth R ConnerDepartment of Psychiatry (Aldalur, Van Orden, Conner) and Department of Emergency Medicine (Conner), University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York; Department of Psychiatry and Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts (Anderson).

Funding

Institutional Career Development CoreKL2TR001999 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI XIAO, JIN · 2016 to 2024
$5.2M
CBT by Phone to Promote Use of Alcohol Related Care and Reduce DrinkingR01AA026815 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI CONNER, KENNETH R, STECKER, TRACY A · 2018 to 2021
$2.2M
Brain and Behavioral Mechanisms Linking Loneliness and Social Isolation with Accelerated Cognitive Aging and Alzheimer's Disease and Related DementiasK24AG084885 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI Kimberly Allison Van Orden · 2024 to 2026
$493k
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001999NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA026815NIA NIH HHS K24 AG084885
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveMembers of the U.S. Deaf community experience higher rates of mental health problems than do hearing individuals, but empirical data on Deaf people's treatment engagement are lacking. This cross-sectional study analyzed novel mixed-methods data on Deaf adults' current mental health symptoms, treatment engagement, and past treatment experiences.

methodsSeventy-one Deaf adults recruited from across the United States completed screening assessments on the videoconferencing platform Zoom.

resultsAlthough 63% (N=45) of participants screened positive for one or more current mental health problems, only 31% (N=14) of those individuals were engaged in treatment. Participants reported multiple barriers to treatment engagement, including communication incompatibilities, limited culturally appropriate options, confidentiality concerns, and perceived ineffectiveness of treatment.

conclusionsResults suggest significant treatment disparities for Deaf adults. Strategies are needed to overcome the barriers they encounter, including increasing the number of Deaf providers, training providers to work with Deaf patients, and developing interventions to assist Deaf individuals in modifying their beliefs about treatment and problem-solving the barriers to treatment seeking.

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DeafnessMental DisordersPatient Acceptance of Health CarePersons with Hearing DisabilitiesAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedUnited StatesYoung AdultCross-cultural issuesDeafMental health disparitiesResearch/service deliveryTreatment seeking

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PMID40012488
PMCPMC11961328

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