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At the start of her dynamic new entitled “I am a Person, Not an Illness”, Pat Deegan delivers a stirring message of appreciation for the recovery workforce that simply must be heard and shared widely.  

Over the course of the series, she shares “important lessons she learned on her journey of recovery after being diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager. She illustrates how to use these lessons in everyday work with young people diagnosed with early psychosis and their families. 

In this first of five stories, Pat focuses on the fact that illnesses don’t recover, people do, Pat Deegan shares important lessons she learned on her journey of recovery after being diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager.  

She illustrates how to use these lessons in everyday work with young people diagnosed with early psychosis and their families.” 

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