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About the project<\/h1>\n

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This research concerns Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL) and experience anxiety and\/or depression. Deaf people are more likely to have poorer mental health than the general population. They face difficulties in accessing services, and recovery from mental health difficulties is often not as good. In some parts of the UK, Deaf people receive therapy from Deaf professionals in BSL, without an interpreter. But this is not always possible because Deaf people live all over the country and there are very few Deaf therapists.<\/p>\n

One possible solution is for Deaf people to have therapy in BSL via a video call, but it is not known if this would be helpful or not. Therefore, this research study has been set up to find out whether it would be helpful \u2013 or not \u2013 for Deaf people to have psychological therapy in BSL via video call. It is not known if this method would be as effective as the Deaf person having face-to-face therapy in person without using video call.<\/p>\n

Another potential problem is measuring recovery. Usually, a therapist will ask a patient to fill in questionnaires about their mood and how they feel at the start of therapy and at regular intervals throughout therapy to track progress and recovery. These are available in BSL, but we do not know if patients will respond differently if they do this \u2018live\u2019 (in person), in BSL, with a therapist or if they do them via a computer in response to a video.<\/p>\n

It is also important to find out what patients\u2019 experiences are of health services. Hearing people have a questionnaire that is designed to do this. There is not one for Deaf people that matches their culture and language.<\/p>\n

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Overview of the study<\/h2>\n
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Aims of the research<\/h3>\n