astronomy

Patricia Deegan

Patricia Deegan is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Patricia Deegan rather than just read about it. In short: Patricia E. Deegan is an American disability-rights advocate, psychologist and researcher.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Patricia E. Deegan is an American disability-rights advocate, psychologist and researcher. She has been described as a "national spokesperson for the mental health consumer/survivor movement in the United States." Deegan is known as an advocate of the mental health recovery movement (a cofounder of the National Empowerment Center) and is an international speaker and trainer in the field of mental health. Deegan co-founded M-POWER (Massachusetts People/Patients Organized for Wellness, Empowerment and Rights) and created CommonGround, "a web application to support shared decision making in the psychopharmacology consultation."

Personal life Deegan was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager. She credits her grandmother with putting her on the road to recovery. Together with her partner of 30 years, Deborah Anderson, they have raised a daughter, Chianne.

Academia Deegan received her B.S. from Fitchburg State College in 1977 and her PhD in clinical psychology from Duquesne University in 1984. Her dissertation titled "The use of diazepam in an effort to transform being anxious: An empirical phenomenological investigation" was conducted under the supervision of William F. Fischer. Deegan is a phenomenological psychologist, whose writings include rich autobiographical accounts of her experience living with schizophrenia, and emphasize that recovery from serious mental illness is possible. She also served as an adjunct professor at the Dartmouth College Medical School, Department of Community and Family Medicine and the Boston University, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.

Honors and recognition

1983 Dissertation Fellowship from the American Association of University Women 1986 Excellence Award from the Massachusetts Alliance for the Mentally Ill 2001 The David E. Ray Award, Northeast Independent Living Program 2009 The Brendan Nugent Leadership Award, NYAPRS 2010 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recognition as a practice innovation 2010 Patient Empowerment by the Ashoka Changemakers Foundation finalist in the international competition 2011 Clifford Beers Award, Mental Health America 2013 New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS) Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 Scattergood Foundation Innovation Award 2013 APA Gold Award in partnership with Community Care Behavioral Health 2015 Wayne Fenton Award for Exceptional Clinical Care 2017 International Association of Peer Supporters Steve Harrington Award 2018 New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services Lifetime Achievement Award

Research and professional interests Electronic decision support and shared decision making. Specialist in qualitative research focusing on recovery from mental illness, the effectiveness of self-help and mutual-support, mental health systems change and research on ex-patient perspectives on the history of mental health services.

2013 – present Consultant OnTrackNY: Coordinated Specialty Care Team for first episode psychosis: team development, materials development and consultation. 2014 – 2018 Co-Principal Investigator PCORI: Amplifying the Patient's Voice: Person-Centered vs. Measurement-Based Approaches in Mental Health 2011 – 2015 Consultant Bringing Recovery to Scale (BRSSTACS) SAMHSA Grant. 2009 – 2013 Consultant Recovery After Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE). NIMH funded national study of best practice for the treatment of first episode psychosis. Executive Committee and Intervention Committee. 2008 – 2011 Consultant SAMHSA Shared Decision Making Project. Assist with development of decision aid for choice of antipsychotic medications. 2005-2007 Principal Investigator Using medications as part of the recovery process: A peer-2-peer, videotaped workshop with supporting materials, New York State Office of Mental Health, Bureau of Recipient Affairs. 2002-2009 Principal Investigator A recovery based approach to using psychiatric medications. University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare. 2002- 2005 Principal Investigato Self-directed recovery from psychiatric disorders. New York State Office of Mental Health, Bureau of Recipient Affairs. 2002- 2004 Principal Investigator Direct national effort to organize mental health consumers to combat stigma through state hospital cemetery restoration. 1999 - 2001 Principal Investigator, for a supplemental grant from the Center for Mental Health Services titled "It's About Time: Recovering, Discovering and Celebrating Consumer/Survivor History": To organize ex-patients in various states to restore state hospital cemeteries and to research the perspective of ex-patients including special profiles on African American, Hispanic and Native American perspectives. 1998 - 2000 Principal Investigator Office of Consumer and Ex-patient Relations through a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health: To organize ex-patients in Massachusetts to restore cemeteries at state hospitals and to research the history of mental health services in Massachusetts from the perspective of ex-patients. 1996-1999 Co-Principal Investigator with D. Fisher. Recovery Narratives and the recovery process funded by SAMSHA Center for Mental Health Services. Interviews and analysis of recovery narratives. The study identified principles and themes of the recovery process from serious mental disorders as part of a $1 million core grant to National Empowerment Center. 1994 Principal Investigator Employee Performance Standard that Support Recovery and Empowerment for People with Major Psychiatric Disorders. Advocates, Inc. of Framingham MA. Developed a methodology to collect data and work with mental health supervisors to develop performance based standards. Recruited 5 national field sites to pilot the performance standards. On-going, web-based follow-up and refinement of method and outcomes. 1993-1996 Principal Investigator. Interviewed 40 subjects on strategies for coping with auditory hallucinations, conducted analyses and published the findings. Funded by the Center for Mental Health Services/SAMHSA as part of another $1 million core grant to the National Empowerment Center Lawrence, MA. 1982 Principal Investigator Empirical phenomenological study of failing to learn. Lab research at Duquesne University.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Patricia Deegan

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Patricia Deegan claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Patricia Deegan before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Patricia Deegan ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Patricia Deegan

In research: Patricia Deegan appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Patricia Deegan in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Patricia Deegan is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century American psychologists, 21st-century American women, American LGBTQ scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Patricia Deegan outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Patricia Deegan in simple terms?

Patricia E. Deegan is an American disability-rights advocate, psychologist and researcher.

Why does Patricia Deegan matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Patricia Deegan?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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