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Pat Deegan: Putting the "Human" Back in Human Services (2ish min)

Jane Stevens 11/12/1410:45 AM

Hogg Mental Health Foundation interviewed Dr. Patricia Deegan, creator of CommonGround, a web-based app that helps people prepare for visits with mental health practitioners to better advocate for their treatment and recovery.

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Steven DahlMember

It also reminded me of something that many of my colleagues working in public education would encourage each other to do.....put the "servant" back into "public servant"

11/15/148:43 PM

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"sometimes the human gets stripped out of the human service system"

"there is this dehumanizing element that gets passed on...."

"I work with schizophrenics not people with schizophrenia because when we work with people we have to acknowledge the dignity and find the common ground of our shared humanity"

"so this question is how do you remain human-hearted and work in these sometimes not so human services is the course they never teach in school. It's the big missing course?"

Basically that sums it up.

11/12/142:28 PM

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