The Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID) aims to tackle what it calls "the crisis" in mental health provision by spending £8m on building four residential mental health units to provide specialist care for deaf people in England.

John Low, RNID chief executive states that the incidence of mental health problems among deaf people is much higher than average. He believes that this is because people are discharged from acute care without community-based support. The proposed community-based eight-bed residential units should improve communication and long-term recovery.

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