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title: "2 Patricia E. Deegan Quotes - Famous Psychologist"
description: "American psychologist... | Patricia E. Deegan is an American disability-rights advocate, psychologist and researcher. She has been described as a \"natio..."
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# Patricia E. Deegan

Psychologist

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Patricia E. Deegan is a psychologist.

## Quick Facts About Patricia E. Deegan

Profession Psychologist

## About Patricia E. Deegan

American psychologist... \| 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 and is an intern

##  Quotes by Patricia E. Deegan

> [“Recovery does not refer to an absence of pain or struggle. Rather, recovery is marked by the transition from anguish to suffering.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-e-deegan/recovery-does-not-refer-to-an-absence-of-pain-or-struggle-rather/)

Patricia E. Deegan

[Healing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/healing/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/patricia-e-deegan-92666_healing_recovery-does-not-refer-to-an-absence-of_270707.jpg)

> [“Recovery is the urge, the wrestle, and the resurrection.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-e-deegan/recovery-is-the-urge-the-wrestle-and-the-resurrection/)

Patricia E. Deegan

[Healing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/healing/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/patricia-e-deegan-92666_healing_recovery-is-the-urge-the-wrestle-and-the_1364609.jpg)

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