A Mind That Found Itself: A Groundbreaking Memoir Which Influenced Normalizing Mental Health Issues & Mental Hygiene

Autori

• Clifford Whittingham Beers

Parametri

• 112 pagine
• 4 ore di lettura

• Autobiografie e memorie
• Biografie e pensieri
• Psicologia
• Saggistica
• Storia

Maggiori informazioni sul libro

This book is an autobiographical account of the author's hospitalization and the abuses he suffered. In 1900 he was first confined to a private mental institution for 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. "A Mind That Found Itself" was widely and favorably reviewed, became a bestseller, and is still in print.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2020

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