With deaf people twice as likely to experience mental health issues compared to the wider population, a specialist North East service has launched a video campaign to help keep the community safe.
The North East mental health and deafness service is run by the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust and was pioneered by Joyce Pennington - who retired earlier this year. It works to ensure that members of the deaf community can access mental health support.
Now the service has produced two videos highlighting what someone with impaired hearing should do in the event of a mental health crisis - and they've involved two members of the D/deaf community in making the videos, too. One features local woman Anita playing a woman who is contemplating an overdose and needs help and the second also includes contributions from Conor - who helps to sign the information.
