Patricia Deegan

Patricia E. Deegan is a disability-rights advocate, psychologist and researcher living in the United States. She is known as an advocate of the mental health recovery movement (a cofounder of the National Empowerment Center)[1] and is an international speaker and trainer in the field of mental health.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Deegan also co-founded M-POWER (Massachusetts People/Patients Organized for Wellness, Empowerment and Rights).[1] She created CommonGround, “a web application to support shared decision making in the psychopharmacology consultation.”[9]

Patricia Deegan, giving a workshop in Israel, 2019

Personal life

Deegan was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager.[9] She credits her grandmother with putting her on the road to recovery.[10]

Academia

Deegan received her B.S. from Fitchburg State College in 1977 and her PhD in clinical psychology from Duquesne University in 1984.[11] As of 2010, she is an adjunct professor at the Dartmouth College Medical School, Department of Community and Family Medicine and the Boston University, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.[11][12]

Awards

See also

References
  1. "Patricia Deegan, Ph.D. Director of Training and Education National Empowerment Center". NARPA. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  2. "Patricia Deegan: Prophet and Practitioner of Recovery". Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  3. "Edge of Sanity". This American Life. Episode 52. 31 January 1997. 17:27 minutes in.
  4. Knich, Diane (9 April 2002). "Hearing the Voices" (fee required). The Washington Post.
  5. Boodman, Sandra G. (12 February 2002). "'Beautiful' -- but Not Rare -- Recovery" (fee required). The Washington Post.
  6. Ragsdale, Kathie Neff (12 December 1999). "Once haunted, now they help fight for the mentally ill". The Eagle-Tribune.
  7. Ferreira da Costa, Joana (9 November 1999). "Tinha 18 anos e neguei a esquizofrenia". Terca Feira.
  8. Frese, Frederick J.; Knight, Edward L.; Saks, Elyn (March 2009). "Recovery From Schizophrenia: With Views of Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Others Diagnosed With This Disorder". Schizophrenia Bulletin. 35 (2): 370–380. doi:10.1093/schbul/sbn175. PMC 2659312. PMID 19304812.
  9. Deegan, Pat. "Recovery: The Lived Experience of Rehabilitation" (PDF). NAMI. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  10. Deegan, Pat. "Recovery as a Self-Directed Process of Healing and Transformation" (PDF). Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  11. "Patricia E. Deegan, Ph.D. - Institute for the Study of Human Resilience". Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  12. "Dartmouth Medical School - Faculty Database". Retrieved 22 October 2010.


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