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

Auteurs

• Clifford Whittingham Beers

Paramètres

• 112 pages
• 4 heures de lecture

• Autobiographies et mémoires
• Biographies et réflexions
• Histoire
• Nonfiction
• Psychologie

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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.

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• Année de publication: 2020
• Reliure: (souple)