In 1905, after suffering a relapse and spending a few months at The
Hartford Retreat, Clifford Whittingham Beers elected to write a
book about his experiences living with mental illness and being
subject to cruel treatment and physical abuse while being
institutionalized. Titled, A Mind That Found Itself, the 1908
autobiography told the story of a young man who had suffered a life
full of personal tragedy, leading to feelings of intense anxiety,
paranoia and depression. Slowly being engulfed by intrusive
thoughts and hallucinations, Beers found himself struggling with
suicidal ideation and commitment by his well-intentioned family to
a series of mental health institutions, each one seemingly worse
than the last. Unique in its presentation of both self-awareness
and the difficult reality of working towards recovery; the book
paved the way for the American mental hygiene movement and removed
the stigma of mental illness among the general public.
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