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AudioA Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography
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LibriVox recording of A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography by Clifford Whittingham Beers. Read in English by Tom Daley At twenty-four, Clifford Beers, Yale graduate and son of an old New England family, was confined to a mental institution, where he experienced and saw terrible mistreatment of patients. Eight years later, after his time in another institution, he wrote A Mind That Found Itself, exposing the inhumane conditions of these institutions. Beers went on to found an outpatient center for mental health, the Clifford Beers Clinic, in 1913, and is considered the founder of the American Mental Hygiene Movement. - Summary from Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (202MB)
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Clifford Whittingham Beers
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librivox; audiobooks;clifford beers; mental hygiene; mental health; mental institutions; autobiography
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