A Mind that Found Itself

This digital book includes an annotated bibliography of historic autobiographies and biographies (added 2012).. About the Author. Clifford Whittingham Beers (1876-1943) was actually the founder associated with the United states mental hygiene motion. Beers was given birth to in New Haven Connecticut to Ida as well as Henry m. robert Beers upon March 26 1876. He ended up being one of five young children all whom would definitely experience emotional stress and might die in unhealthy associations including Beers himself (see Clifford W. Beers Recommend for the Insane). He graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School at just Yale in 1897. In 1900 he would be first confined to a professional emotional organization for depression and also paranoia. He would certainly later on be limited to another professional medical center in addition to a state organization. During these periods he experienced and also witnessed serious maltreatment during the hands of the staff members. As soon as the publication of an Brain That Found By itself (1908) some kind of autobiographical account of his hospitalization as well as the abuses he experienced during he achieved the support associated with the medical community as well as others within the work to reform treating the psychologically ill. In 1909 Beers established the National Panel for Mental Cleanliness now known as Emotional Health America so as to continue the reform for treating the mentally ill. He also launched the Clifford Beers Medical clinic in Brand-new Location in 1913 the very first patient psychological medical center within the North American. He became a leader inside the field up until his your retirement in 1939. --This text refers to the from print or unavailable release of this title..