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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

At the age of twenty-four, Clifford Beers, a Yale graduate from a distinguished New England family, found himself confined to a mental institution where he witnessed the appalling mistreatment of patients. After enduring eight long years in various institutions, he penned A Mind That Found Itself, a powerful exposé that sheds light on the inhumane conditions of mental health facilities. Beers later established the Clifford Beers Clinic in 1913, pioneering the American Mental Hygiene Movement and advocating for better treatment of those suffering from mental illness.