Clifford W. Beers
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Clifford W. Beers

Advocate for the Insane

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Clifford W. Beers

Advocate for the Insane

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Norman Dain offers a compelling biography of Clifford W. Beers, whose lifelong battle against his own mental illness inspired him to become a champion for mental health. Beers' autobiography, A Mind That Found Itself, created a public outcry in 1908, as it chronicled Beers' experiences during his three-year confinement in an asylum. Despite his disability, Beers went on to found the National Committee for Mental Hygiene (now the National Association for Mental Health), the American Foundation for Mental Hygiene, and the International Committee for Mental Hygiene.

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Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Year
1980
ISBN
9780822976288
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Medicine Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. Early Years: Crisis and Collapse
  7. 2. Stamford Hall
  8. 3. The Hartford Retreat
  9. 4. Connecticut Hospital for the Insane
  10. 5. Back in Circulation
  11. 6. Writing the Autobiography
  12. 7. Publication of A Mind That Found Itself
  13. 8. A Reform Movement Launched
  14. 9. The Connecticut Society and Founding the National Committee
  15. 10. "The Ox and the 'Wild Ass'"
  16. 11. Phipps "To the Rescue"
  17. 12. The National Committee in Action: The Salmon Years, First Phase
  18. 13. "Canning Salmon and Bottling Beers"
  19. 14. Branching Out
  20. 15. The First International Congress on Mental Hygiene
  21. 16. Traveling and Family Troubles
  22. 17. Twenty-Five Years After: Fame and Honors
  23. 18. Personal Interests
  24. 19. The Mentally Ill Intrude
  25. 20. Final Years: Crisis and Collapse
  26. Epilogue
  27. Notes
  28. Index