A Mind That // Found Itself // An Authobiography
New York, London, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and Co., c. 1908;. Edition: Early 1908 edition, [1907 was first]; , Binding: Original, hunter-green cloth; spine flat with gilt title. No dustjacket., Notes: The work contains a signed note by the author Clifford Whittingham Beers ( 1876 – 1943) was the founder of the American mental hygiene movement, acknowledging the task of the recipient, Henry Galpin, namely his service as “Lord-High-Keeper of the book while in the form of manuscript”. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, the author was one of five children; all would suffer from psychological distress and would die in mental institutions, including Beers himself (see "Clifford W. Beers, Advocate for the Insane"). He graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale in 1897, where he was business manager of The Yale Record and a member of Berzelius.
In 1900 he was first confined to a private mental institutionfor depression and paranoia. He would later be confined to another private hospital as well as a state institution. During these periods he experienced and witnessed serious maltreatment at the hands of the staff. His book A Mind That Found Itself (1908), an autobiographicalaccount of his hospitalization and the abuses he suffered, was widely and favorably reviewed, became a bestseller, and is still in print.
Beers gained the support of the medical profession and others in the work to reform the treatment of the mentally ill. In 1908 Beers founded the "Connecticut Society for Mental Hygiene", now named Mental Health Connecticut. In 1909 Beers founded the "National Committee for Mental Hygiene", now named "Mental Health America", in order to continue the reform for the treatment of the mentally ill. He also started the Clifford Beers Clinic in New Haven in 1913, the first outpatient mental health clinic in the United States.
Beers became Honorary President of the World Federation for Mental Health. Beers was a leader in the field until his retirement in 1939. He died in Providence, Rhode Island on July 9, 1943.
, Size: 8vo (212x143mm) ., Pages: Signature on free endpaper, , bl., half-title, bl., title, copyright, dedication, bl., intro (2), contents, bl., author’s note, bl., 1-318, appendices 319-363, Category: Book Social Sciences. No dustjacket. Otherwise a near fine aexample of this important work signed by the author. Item #B5818
Edition: Early 1908 edition, [1907 was first]; , Binding: Original, hunter-green cloth; spine flat with gilt title. No dustjacket., Notes: The work contains a signed note by the author Clifford Whittingham Beers ( 1876 – 1943) was the founder of the American mental hygiene movement, acknowledging the task of the recipient, Henry Galpin, namely his service as “Lord-High-Keeper of the book while in the form of manuscript”. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, the author was one of five children; all would suffer from psychological distress and would die in mental institutions, including Beers himself (see "Clifford W. Beers, Advocate for the Insane"). He graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale in 1897, where he was business manager of The Yale Record and a member of Berzelius.
In 1900 he was first confined to a private mental institutionfor depression and paranoia. He would later be confined to another private hospital as well as a state institution. During these periods he experienced and witnessed serious maltreatment at the hands of the staff. His book A Mind That Found Itself (1908), an autobiographicalaccount of his hospitalization and the abuses he suffered, was widely and favorably reviewed, became a bestseller, and is still in print.
Beers gained the support of the medical profession and others in the work to reform the treatment of the mentally ill. In 1908 Beers founded the "Connecticut Society for Mental Hygiene", now named Mental Health Connecticut. In 1909 Beers founded the "National Committee for Mental Hygiene", now named "Mental Health America", in order to continue the reform for the treatment of the mentally ill. He also started the Clifford Beers Clinic in New Haven in 1913, the first outpatient mental health clinic in the United States.
Beers became Honorary President of the World Federation for Mental Health. Beers was a leader in the field until his retirement in 1939. He died in Providence, Rhode Island on July 9, 1943.
, Size: 8vo (212x143mm) ., Pages: Signature on free endpaper, , bl., half-title, bl., title, copyright, dedication, bl., intro (2), contents, bl., author’s note, bl., 1-318, appendices 319-363, Category: Book Social Sciences.
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