Clifford Whittingham Beers
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Clifford Whittingham Beers was an American mental health reformer whose personal experiences with psychiatric hospitalization led him to found the modern mental hygiene movement and advocate for more humane treatment of people with mental illness.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clifford Whittingham Beers canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
author
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human ⓘ mental health reformer ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
community-based mental health services
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reduction of abuse in psychiatric institutions ⓘ reform of mental hospitals ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability | pioneering role in organized mental health advocacy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedIn | A Mind That Found Itself NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName | Beers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mental health
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mental hygiene ⓘ psychiatric reform ⓘ |
| founded |
Clifford Beers Clinic
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Connecticut Society for Mental Hygiene NERFINISHED ⓘ National Committee for Mental Hygiene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Clifford Whittingham Beers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | autobiography ⓘ |
| givenName | Clifford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | White American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasExperience | psychiatric hospitalization ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
conditions in mental institutions
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patient rights in psychiatric care ⓘ stigma of mental illness ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of community mental health services in the United States
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public attitudes toward mental illness in the early 20th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for humane treatment of people with mental illness
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first-person account of psychiatric hospitalization ⓘ founding the modern mental hygiene movement ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | mental hygiene movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | A Mind That Found Itself NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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mental health reformer ⓘ social reformer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New Haven, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New Haven, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | leader in the mental hygiene movement ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Connecticut
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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