A Mind That Found Itself : An Autobiography

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beers, Clifford Whittingham.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beers, Clifford Whittingham, 1876-1943.

Mentally ill--United States--Biography.

Psychiatric hospital care--United States--History.

Local Subjects:

Beers, Clifford Whittingham, 1876-1943.

Mentally ill--United States--Biography.

Psychiatric hospital care--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Auckland : The Floating Press, 1921.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When he was twenty-four years old, Clifford Whittingham Beers was interred in a mental asylum. He remained there for three years, battling his mental illness. In his autobiography, A Mind That Found Itself, he recounts the civil war that took place in his mind. The publication of this book in 1908 caused huge public outcry and began an inquiry into the state of mental health care. It contributed significantly to the beginnings of the modern mental health movement.

Contents:

Title; Contents; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; XII; XIII; XIV; XV; XVI; XVII; XVIII; XIX; XX; XXI; XXII; XXXIII; XXIV; XXV; XXVI; XXVII; XXVIII; XXIX; XXX; XXXI; XXXII

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-77651-054-2

OCLC:

609860548