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A mind that found itself : an autobiography /
At once a classic account of the ravages of mental illness and a major American autobiography, A Mind That Found Itself tells the story of a young man who is gradually enveloped by a psychosis. His well-meaning family commits him to a series of mental hospitals, but he is brutalized by the treatment...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
©1981.
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| Colección: | Contemporary community health series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | At once a classic account of the ravages of mental illness and a major American autobiography, A Mind That Found Itself tells the story of a young man who is gradually enveloped by a psychosis. His well-meaning family commits him to a series of mental hospitals, but he is brutalized by the treatment, and his moments of fleeting sanity become fewer and fewer. His ultimate recovery is a triumph of the human spirit. The publication of A Mind That Found Itself did for the American mental health movement what Thomas Paineís Common Sense did for the American Revolution. Moreover, it grips the ima. |
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| Notas: | Reprint. Originally published: 5th ed. New York : Longmans, Green, 1921. With new introduction |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 205 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780822980605 0822980606 |