CommonGround and IDD
Some thought people with intellectual development disorders and co-occurring mental health...
Trauma and the Journey Home to Our Bodies
Those of us who survived child abuse learned to fear and "leave" our bodies. Adopting new health...
Reflection on the 25th Anniversary of the ADA
On July 26th, 1990 President George H. W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities...
Chat with Oliver Platt
This week I had an opportunity to advise Oliver Platt on his role in a new television spinoff...
Healing and Recovery With CommonGround
This week we got a beautiful note from one of our peer specialists working in a CommonGround...
Making a Difference
Here at Pat Deegan & Associates, we work really hard to create materials that inspire hope...
Lessons from the Longest Night
In my recovery, I've always looked to nature for insight and inspiration about how change and...
4th Century BCE Anti-Stigma Campaign
There have always been champions who have gone against the grain of the dominant culture and...
We Are All Connected: Reflection on Robin Williams' Suicide
Like so many, I was deeply affected by Robin Williams’ suicide. I was a big fan of...
Anderson Cooper Hears Voices and the Media Plays "Telephone"
Do you remember playing the game "Telephone"? One person would whisper a message to the...
CommonGround Guides
CommonGround Guides put recovery tools directly into the hands of the people who need them. Each Guide contains education, workbook style exercises, Personal Medicine Cards, tracking tools and reflection questions.
Work & the Dignity of Risk
Sometimes staff are reluctant to refer folks to Supported Employment and Education Specialists. In this E-Learning course, Pat Deegan will teach you a recovery-oriented framework for managing risk and supporting choice.
Recovery Library
The Hope. The Tools. The inspiration to recover after a diagnosis of mental illness. Recovery Library offers thousands of resources to support recovery and is available for individuals and programs.
Author
Pat Deegan
My partner and I founded a company run by and for people in recovery. Our 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.
