A Mind That Found Itself (eBook)

An Autobiography

Clifford Whittingham Beers (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
168 Seiten
Mint Editions (Verlag)
978-1-5131-3649-3 (ISBN)

Infos

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 committment 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. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.6.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Mint Editions (Visibility for Disability, Health and Wellness)
• Reihe/Serie: Mint Editions (Visibility for Disability, Health and Wellness)
• Co-Autor: Mint Editions
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Schlagworte: 19th century • Action-packed • adventure and romance • amatory fiction • British Literature • Depression • Early 20th Century • early female novelists • England • Espionage • heiress • Historical Setting • Inheritance • Intrigue • Le Queux’s Novels • Literary • literary thriller • London • Mental disorders • Mental Health • mental health reform • Mental Illness • mental institution • mentally ill • Mercenary Hero • National Committee for Mental Hygiene • Passion • political conspiracy • Psychiatric hospital care • Psychological Distress • romantic adventure • Romantic drama • secret agents • Seduction • spy fiction • William Le Queux • World Federation for Mental Health
• ISBN-10: 1-5131-3649-6 / 1513136496
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5131-3649-3 / 9781513136493