Howie the Harp
I just finished filming recovery videos in New York City last week. We shot about 36 videos of...
The Promise and Peril of EMRs
Electronic medical records (EMRs) are evolving rapidly and in the U.S. the federal stimulus is...
Courage and Recovery
When I talk about my recovery, people sometimes tell me I must have a lot of courage. However, if...
The Politics of Memory
I created the Politics of Memory for consumers/survivors who are, or who would like to be,...
Strengths Based Care & Recovery
When I was still a teenager, I was admitted for a second time to a psychiatric institution....
From Numbers to Names
Here is a 15-minute documentary about state hospital cemetery restoration. It's called, From...
Personal Medicine and the Healer Within
Imagine that you have a broken leg. You go to the hospital and a doctor sets the broken bone and...
Consumer/Survivor/Ex-patient Movement and Shared Decision Making
Some people argue that shared decision making is not consistent with the principles of choice and...
The Legacy of Peer Support
In contemporary times, we are seeing a rise in the numbers and types of peer-run programs across...
When Help is Not Helpful
Sometimes help is not helpful.
Early in my recovery, after a brief interview with a psychiatrist,...
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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.
