Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic records, 1902-1980 (bulk 1910-1918).

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Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic records, 1902-1980 (bulk 1910-1918).

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Chiefly case files (1902-1936, no. 1-159); together with records of the administration of the clinic; historical documents relating to the Edwards Street School, acquired by the clinic for its headquarters in 1981; and papers relating to Clifford Whittingham Beers, founder of the clinic and leader of the national and international mental hygiene movement.

3 ft. (ca. 1650 items)

New Haven Colony Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7610574

New Haven Colony Historical Society Library

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Edwards Street School (New Haven, Conn.)

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Beers, Clifford Whittingham, 1876-1943

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In 1908 founded the Connecticut Society for Mental Hygiene; in 1909 founded National Committee for Mental Hygiene; in 1928 founded American Foundation for Mental Hygiene; founded in 1930 International Committee for Mental Hygiene; founded in 1931 International Foundation for Mental Hygiene. From the description of Clifford Whittingham Beers papers, 1878-1966 (inclusive), 1878-1958 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702167175 From the guide to the Clifford Whittingham Bee...

Connecticut Society for Mental Hygiene

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The Connecticut Society for Mental Hygiene was founded in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1908 by Clifford Beers with a small group of followers and the assistance of Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes. Beers, a Yale graduate who had been a patient in public and private mental hospitals in Connecticut for three years, sought to correct the abuses he encountered. Beers published "A Mind That Found Itself," an autobiographical account of his illness and treatment. The organization was at the forefront of a mental...

Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic (New Haven, Conn.)

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Developed out of a social work program initiated in 1908 by Connecticut Society for Mental Hygiene, a group founded by Clifford W. Beers, mental health crusader. Clifford Beers Clinic founded in 1913 and reorganized in 1952 under the name: Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic; first outpatient mental health clinic in the U.S. A community psychiatric service but chiefly provides services for children and their families. From the description of Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic records, 1...