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A Mind that Found Itself
Language: en
Pages: 430
Authors: Clifford Whittingham Beers
Categories: Health care reform
Type: BOOK - Published: 1923 - Publisher:

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The publication of this work resulted in a public outcry in the 1900's that began an inquiry into the state of U.S. mental health care and psychiatric services.
Clifford W. Beers
Language: en
Pages: 425
Authors: Norman Dain
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1980-07-15 - Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre

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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 menta
The Mental Hygiene Movement
Language: en
Pages: 104
Authors: Clifford Whittingham Beers
Categories: Mental illness
Type: BOOK - Published: 1917 - Publisher:

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Voluntary Madness
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Norah Vincent
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Penguin

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A follow-up to Self-Made Man traces the author's commitment to a mental institution, where she embraced health and made observations about the effect of institu
The Brain That Changes Itself
Language: en
Pages: 447
Authors: Norman Doidge, M.D.
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-03-15 - Publisher: Penguin

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“Fascinating. Doidge’s book is a remarkable and hopeful portrait of the endless adaptability of the human brain.”—Oliver Sacks, MD, author of The Man Wh