The challenges and facilitators to successful translation and adaptation of written self-report psychological measures into sign languages: A systematic review.

Deaf people are known to have significantly poorer reading comprehension skills when compared to their hearing counterparts. This poses significant threats to text-based psychological assessments. The plethora of text-based self-report measures available provides ample opportunity to translate/adapt existing tools from text to sign language.

Clinical communication and the 'triangle of care' in mental health and deafness: Sign language interpreters' perspectives.

Objective To explore the processes by which therapeutic alliance develops in mental health consultations with Sign Language interpreters. Method Semi-structured interviews with 7 qualified interpreters were transcribed and analysed with interpretative phenomenological analysis. Results Two key themes were generated: (1) Nurturing the triangle of care, where the therapeutic process relied on collaboration, continuity, and trust; and (2) Shared vision and knowledge, in which participants felt misunderstood and unsupported; there was a lack of deaf awareness and clinicians appeared to feel deskilled.

A new scale measuring adaptive perceived control for people with Parkinson's: Initial construction and further validation.

Introduction: Perceived control is an important concept in understanding adjustment to chronic conditions such as Parkinson's. While generic measures have been used to measure the construct in Parkinson's, no Parkinson's-specific scale currently exists. This study outlines the initial development and further validation of a free-to-use scale, the Parkinson's UK Scale of Perceived Control (PUKSoPC).

Language abnormality in deaf people with schizophrenia: a problem with classifiers.

Introduction: Although there is evidence for language abnormality in schizophrenia, few studies have examined sign language in deaf patients with the disorder. This is of potential interest because a hallmark of sign languages is their use of classifiers (semantic or entity classifiers), a reference-tracking device with few if any parallels in spoken languages. This study aimed to examine classifier production and comprehension in deaf signing adults with schizophrenia.

A qualitative analysis of relatives', health professionals' and service users' views on the involvement in care of relatives in Bipolar Disorder.

Background: Relatives of people with bipolar disorder report that services do not meet their own needs, despite clinical recommendations for the development of care plans for relatives, provision of information regarding their statutory entitlements, and formal involvement in decision making meetings. Further, there is now conclusive evidence highlighting the benefits of relatives' involvement in improving outcomes for service users, relatives, and the health system as a whole. This qualitative study explored the views of relatives of people with bipolar disorder, service users and healthcare professionals regarding the barriers and the facilitators to relatives' involvement in care.