You can find Pat Deegan and her wonderful mental health recovery work on this website in a number of places – just check out by searching. Pat has just won a well-deserved Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services. Here is what she said on her PDA website:
‘Last week I was presented with a lifetime achievement award by the New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services.
My friends Sally Zinman, Jacki McKinney and Gayle Bluebird also received awards. I really enjoyed the way the award ceremony was handled. Harvey Rosenthal had 5 big armchairs arranged on the keynote stage with mics in front of each. We were presented with our awards and then had the opportunity to address three questions:
