Honoring the Work & Life of Susan Preffer
It's with a sad heart that we share news of the passing of our friend Susan Preffer. For over 10...
One Less Person Overmedicated \o/
As many of us know, being overmedicated is a terrible thing. It can prevent us from using our...
Power Statements: A Peer Specialists Best Friend ;-)
In my opinion, all too commonly peer specialists get assimilated into working and talking just...
112 Medical Students Will Do the Voices Simulation
On January 29, 2018 Community Care Behavioral HealthTrainers will provide the ...
Meditation on the Winter Solstice & Recovery
In my recovery, I've always looked to nature for insight and inspiration about how change and...
Distressing Voices On YouTube
I was recently asked my opinion about the popularity of "What Schizophrenia Sounds Like" YouTube...
Putting the Human Back in the Human Services
On November 10, 2017, I gave a talk at the 10th Anniversary Celebration for the Center for...
The Roots of Lived Experience and Peer Support
The phrase "lived experience" has been widely adopted in the peer support movement. We talk about...
In Remembrance of the Magnitude of Human Warehousing
As mental institutions are torn down across the U.S. and replaced by luxury apartments, the...
Peer Specialists Are Not Clinicians
Peer Specialists are an emerging workforce in behavioral health. Many Peer Specialists work...
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Pat Deegan
My partner and I founded a company run by and for people in recovery. The mission: To safeguard human dignity by bringing individual voice and choice to the center of the clinical care team. Toward this end I developed the CommonGround Program including Software and the Distressing Voices Simulation.
