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About Patricia E. Deegan Ph.D.
Patricia E. Deegan Ph.D. is a psychiatric survivor, having first been diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Duquesne University in 1984. She worked as a clinical director of community based programs for the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health from 1983-1987. In August of 1988 Dr. Deegan took a position as a program director with the Northeast Independent Living Program. In this capacity she designed and implemented a model for working with people with psychiatric disabilities in Independent Living/cross disability settings. This program was nominated for a "Community Health Leadership Award" by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Pat is an activist in the ex-patient movement and a co-founder of the National Empowerment Center Inc. which is a federally funded, national technical assistance center run by consumer/survivors. Pat is also an independent consultant and speaker. She has given keynote addresses, lectures, and workshops across the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Israel. Pat specializes in developing trainings and lectures on the concrete application of the concepts of recovery and empowerment. Her papers have been published in many journals and books, and have been translated into Spanish, Hebrew, French, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish and German.
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