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ABOUT EPISODE 0010 Institutionalization in Maine PART ONE: Mental Health History and State Psychiatric Care

Starting off Season Two we explore this important topic in a two part series. In this first episode of a two-part series, our hosts trace the troubling history of institutionalization and its lasting impact on people with lived experience of mental health challenges.

Community leaders Pat Deegan and Kelly Staples join the conversation to share their experiences and expertise, bearing witness to a harmful system and providing peer-focused alternatives for recovery.

Interviews Recorded: December 2025 & February 2026

LINKS/RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• Hopeful Horizons Blog
• The Politics of Memory
• Out Of the Shadows – Film Series
• In Remembrance of the Magnitude of Human Warehousing
• Intentional Peer Support
• Progressive Treatment Program  
   

The Consumer Council System of Maine (CCSM) is an independent public instrumentality and provides a nonpartisan or nonbiased perspective on any topic we speak on. Our goal is to represent the voice of people with lived experience with mental health challenges in public policy and legislative matters.