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Deaf people can need psychiatric help

Profoundly deaf people, particularly those deaf from birth of an early age, have needs which are not being met by the existing psychiatric services and institutions, says Pat Dugdale, Field Officer for the New Zealand Association of the Deaf.

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Taonga source:
Southern News
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1984-002
Bibliographic source:
Southern News, 10 October 1984
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