Darby Penney Explained

Darby Penney
Birth Name:Darby Jean Penney
Birth Date:December 10, 1952
Birth Place:Oceanside, New York
Death Date:October 11, 2021 (aged 68)
Death Place:Albany, New York
Occupation:Mental health worker, activist

Darby Penney (December 10, 1952 – October 11, 2021) was an American mental health worker and human rights activist working for improvements in psychiatric care.

Early life

Penney was born in Oceanside, New York, the daughter of Arthur Penney and Audrey Stiefel Penney. Her mother was a teacher and her father was a civil engineer. She graduated from Empire State College, and in 1980 earned a master's degree in library science at the University at Albany.[1] [2]

Career

Penney, who identified as a psychiatric survivor,[3] [4] was the first Director of Recipient Affairs at the New York State Office of Mental Health when the position was established in 1992.[5] She was a founding member of the National Association of Consumer/Survivor Mental Health Administrators in 1993. In 1997, she was keynote speaker at a conference of the New Jersey Self-Help Clearinghouse.[6]

As director of historical projects from 2001 to 2003, along with photographer Lisa RInzler and psychiatrist Peter Stastny, Penney worked to preserve and study hundreds of stored suitcases left behind by patients of the defunct Willard Psychiatric Center.[7] [8] Together they created an exhibition, "Lost Cases, Recovered Lives: Suitcases From a State Hospital Attic", which was first mounted in the New York State Museum in 2004, and later the Museum of Disability History in Buffalo.[9] Her book with Stastny based on the project, The Lives They Left Behind, was published in 2009.[10] [11] In 2003, she created another exhibit and a companion video, “Here Lies?: Abandoned Asylum Cemeteries".[12]

Penney was a founding member of International Network for Treatment Alternatives to Recovery (INTAR) in 2004,[13] and was named a fellow of the Petra Foundation in 2005. She was also a fellow at the Alden March Institute for Bioethics, at Albany Medical College. She worked for Advocates for Human Potential, a healthcare consulting firm,[14] was director of the Community Consortium,[15] and was active on the board of the National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy (NARPA).

Publications

Penney work was published in academic journals, including Public Library Quarterly,[16] Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal,[17] [18] American Psychologist,[19] Evaluation and Program Planning,[20] and American Journal of Bioethics.[21] She was also a poet; her work was published in several collections.[22] With her husband, she co-founded and co-edited a literary journal, The Snail's Pace Review,[23] and a small press, The Snail's Pace Press.[24]

Personal life

Penney married Kenneth Denberg in 1988. He died in 2018. She died from cancer in 2021, aged 68 years, at a hospice in Albany, New York.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Vadukul. Alex. 2021-12-21. Darby Penney, Who Crusaded for Better Psychiatric Care, Dies at 68. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-12-22. 0362-4331.
  2. Web site: Halloran. Amy. Fall 2010. Darby Penney, M.L.S.'80: Human-Rights Advocate. live. 2021-12-22. UAlbany Magazine. https://web.archive.org/web/20100908081926/http://www.albany.edu:80/ualbanymagazine/fall10_features_author_author_penney.shtml . 2010-09-08 .
  3. Web site: Darby Penney, M.L.S.. live. 2021-12-22. NARPA. https://web.archive.org/web/20191117205602/http://www.narpa.org:80/bios/penney . 2019-11-17 .
  4. Book: Arstein-Kerslake, Anna. Restoring Voice to People with Cognitive Disabilities. 2017-07-03. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-107-14142-1. 153. en.
  5. Web site: Darby Penney. live. 2021-12-22. The Petra Foundation. https://web.archive.org/web/20181216073107/http://petrafoundation.org:80/fellows/darby-penney/index.html . 2018-12-16 .
  6. News: 1997-10-13. Self-help conference to be offered. 13. The Central New Jersey Home News. 2021-12-22. Newspapers.com.
  7. Web site: California Memorial Project (CMP). live. 2021-12-22. Disability Rights California. https://web.archive.org/web/20200924104946/https://www.disabilityrightsca.org/what-we-do/programs/california-memorial-project-cmp . 2020-09-24 .
  8. September 2008. The Ones that History Forgot. Ancestry Magazine. 61.
  9. News: Matthews. Karen. 2007-12-02. Exhibit Sheds Light on Lives of Mental Patients. A18. The Park City Daily News. 2021-12-22. Newspapers.com.
  10. Book: Penney, Darby. The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic. 2008. Bellevue Literary Press. Peter Stastny. 978-1-934137-07-9. New York. 154704191.
  11. News: Zuger. Abigail. 2008-03-25. From Forgotten Luggage, Stories of Mental Illness. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-12-22. 0362-4331.
  12. Web site: Darby Penney, M.L.S.. live. 2021-12-22. Community Consortium. https://web.archive.org/web/20080828062612/http://community-consortium.org/bd-dp.htm . 2008-08-28 .
  13. Web site: Network. 2021-12-22. Intar. en.
  14. Web site: Darby Penney, M. L. S., Research Associate. live. 2021-12-22. Advocates for Human Potential. https://web.archive.org/web/20161113015804/http://ahpnet.com/Meet-our-Experts/Darby-Penney . 2016-11-13 .
  15. News: Andreatta. David. 2015-05-17. Lawrence Mocha, digger of 1,500 graves, gets his due. A4. Democrat and Chronicle. 2021-12-22. Newspapers.com.
  16. Penney. Darby. 1982-10-19. The Muse in the Stacks. Public Library Quarterly. 3. 3. 33–39. 10.1300/J118v03n03_05. 0161-6846.
  17. Curtis. Laurie C.. Wells. Susan Milstrey. Penney. Darby J.. Ghose. Sushmita Shoma. Mistler. Lisa A.. Mahone. Irma H.. Delphin-Rittmon. Miriam. del Vecchio. Paolo. Lesko. Stacey. 2010. Pushing the envelope: Shared decision making in mental health.. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. en. 34. 1. 14–22. 10.2975/34.1.2010.14.22. 20615840. 1559-3126.
  18. Penney. Darby. Ostrow. Laysha. Burke-Miller. Jane. June 2021. Development and properties of a measure designed to assess core competencies in intentional peer support.. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. en. 44. 2. 118–123. 10.1037/prj0000463. 33570982. 231901741. 1559-3126. free.
  19. Blanch. Andrea. Penney. Darby. Knight. Edward. January 1995. "Identity politics" close to home.. American Psychologist. en. 50. 1. 49–50. 10.1037/0003-066X.50.1.49. 1935-990X.
  20. Stainbrook. Kristin. Penney. Darby. Elwyn. Laura. 2015-06-01. The opportunities and challenges of multi-site evaluations: Lessons from the jail diversion and trauma recovery national cross-site evaluation. Evaluation and Program Planning. en. 50. 26–35. 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2015.01.005. 25723338. 0149-7189.
  21. Penney, Darby. "Chemical trust: oxytocin oxymoron?" Am. J. Bioethics 5 (2005): 1.
  22. Book: Henry. Rick. The Blueline Anthology. Tyler. Anthony O.. Coyne-DeGhett. Stephanie. Gann. Myra. Steinberg. Alan. Gilborn. Alice Wolf. 2004-03-01. Syracuse University Press. 978-0-8156-0770-0. en.
  23. News: 1991-06-19. 'Snail's Pace' Poetry Review. 17. Rutland Daily Herald. 2021-12-22. Newspapers.com.
  24. News: 2019-01-20. Kenneth Denberg (obituary). C6. The Post-Star. 2021-12-22. Newspapers.com.

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