Clifford W. Beers
Clifford W. Beers | |
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Beers, c. 1912 | |
| Born | Clifford Whittingham Beers March 30, 1876 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | July 9, 1943 (aged 67) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University |
| Occupations | Founder of the "National Committee for Mental Hygiene" (1909) Founder of New Haven's Clifford Beers Clinic (1913), the first outpatient mental health clinic in the United States |
| Known for | Founder of the American Mental Health Movement Author of A Mind That Found Itself (1908) |
| Spouse | Clara Jepson |
| Parent(s) | Robert Anthony Beers Ida (Cooke) Beers |
| Honors | Honorary President of the World Federation for Mental Health Chevalier Legion d'Honneur (1933) |
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Clifford Whittingham Beers (March 30, 1876 – July 9, 1943) was an American author and psychiatric patient, best known as the founder of the American mental hygiene movement.