An autobiographical account of the author's confinement in a mental institution. In 1900, after suffering a mental breakdown, Clifford Whittingham Beers was confined to an asylum for three years during which he experienced and witnessed ongoing mistreatment of patients by the staff. After his recovery he wrote this biography which had a strong influence on bringing about reform in the treatment of the menta ...Täielik kirjeldus
An autobiographical account of the author's confinement in a mental institution. In 1900, after suffering a mental breakdown, Clifford Whittingham Beers was confined to an asylum for three years during which he experienced and witnessed ongoing mistreatment of patients by the staff. After his recovery he wrote this biography which had a strong influence on bringing about reform in the treatment of the mentally ill in the United States.