Patricia Deegan PhD is a psychologist and researcher. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teeenager. For years, Patricia has worked with people with mental disorders in various ways, to help them get better and lead rewarding lives. This film features a lexture by Patricia Deegan on the subject of her own rout to recovery.
She is an independent consultant who specializes in researching and lecturing on the topic of recovery and the empowerment of people diagnosed with mental illness. Pat is an activist in the disability rights movement and has lived her own journey of recovery after being diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager. She is the creator of the CommonGround Approach, which includes CommonGround - a web application to support shared decision making in the psychopharmacology consultation, and RECOVERYlibrary - a collection of recovery oriented resources aimed at providing the tools, the hope, and the inspiration to recovery after a diagnosis of mental illness.
In addition to being the owner of Pat Deegan PhD & Associates, LLC, Pat is an an adjunct professor at Dartmouth College Medical School, Department of Community and Family Medicine. She works with Bob Drake and friends at the Psychiatric Research Center (PRC). The work focuses on the development of electronic information technologies and shared decision making as applied to public sector behavioral health services.
Pat is also an adjunct professor at Boston University, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, where she works with Bill Anthony and friends at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. She also serves on the editorial board of the Center's Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal.
Check out her site Common Ground, her Recovery Library, her Toolkits and Store.
Comments