A Mind That Found Itself
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A Mind That Found Itself is an influential 1908 autobiographical account by Clifford Whittingham Beers that exposed the abuses of mental institutions and helped launch the modern mental health reform movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Mind That Found Itself canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10961693 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Mind That Found Itself Context triple: [mental hygiene movement, hasKeyPublication, A Mind That Found Itself]
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A.
A Mind with a Heart of Its Own
"A Mind with a Heart of Its Own" is a rock song by Tom Petty from his acclaimed 1989 solo album Full Moon Fever.
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B.
The Roving Mind
The Roving Mind is a collection of essays by Isaac Asimov that explores science, technology, humanism, and social issues with his characteristic clarity and wit.
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C.
Other Minds
Other Minds is a philosophical work by John Oulton Wisdom that explores the problem of how we can know and understand the mental lives of others.
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D.
Other Minds
Other Minds is a philosophical work by J. L. Austin that examines how we talk about and justify knowledge of other people's mental states.
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E.
Kinds of Minds
Kinds of Minds is a philosophical work by Daniel Dennett that explores the nature and varieties of consciousness and intelligence across humans, animals, and machines.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Mind That Found Itself Target entity description: A Mind That Found Itself is an influential 1908 autobiographical account by Clifford Whittingham Beers that exposed the abuses of mental institutions and helped launch the modern mental health reform movement.
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A.
A Mind with a Heart of Its Own
"A Mind with a Heart of Its Own" is a rock song by Tom Petty from his acclaimed 1989 solo album Full Moon Fever.
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B.
The Roving Mind
The Roving Mind is a collection of essays by Isaac Asimov that explores science, technology, humanism, and social issues with his characteristic clarity and wit.
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C.
Other Minds
Other Minds is a philosophical work by J. L. Austin that examines how we talk about and justify knowledge of other people's mental states.
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D.
Other Minds
Other Minds is a philosophical work by John Oulton Wisdom that explores the problem of how we can know and understand the mental lives of others.
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E.
Kinds of Minds
Kinds of Minds is a philosophical work by Daniel Dennett that explores the nature and varieties of consciousness and intelligence across humans, animals, and machines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiography
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book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| aboutAuthorExperience |
Clifford Whittingham Beers’s confinement in asylums
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Clifford Whittingham Beers’s hospitalization for mental illness ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
expose mistreatment in psychiatric institutions
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promote humane treatment of people with mental illness ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization | National Committee for Mental Hygiene ⓘ |
| author | Clifford Whittingham Beers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describes |
abuses in mental institutions
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conditions in early 20th-century asylums ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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mental health literature ⓘ |
| hasForm |
digital edition
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print ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
public attitudes toward psychiatric patients
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public awareness of mental illness ⓘ reform of psychiatric institutions ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered a classic in mental health advocacy literature ⓘ |
| hasReprint |
21st-century reprints
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multiple 20th-century reprints ⓘ |
| helpedInspireCreationOf | National Committee for Mental Hygiene ⓘ |
| influenced |
formation of the mental hygiene movement
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mental health reform in the United States ⓘ mental hygiene movement ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
mental health reform
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mental illness ⓘ psychiatric hospitals ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed account of life inside mental institutions
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early advocacy for patients’ rights in psychiatry ⓘ role in launching the modern mental health reform movement ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1908 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Longmans, Green, and Co.
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linked to:
Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
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| setting |
Connecticut
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early 20th-century American mental hospitals ⓘ |
| theme |
abuse of power in institutions
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need for mental hygiene ⓘ recovery and self-advocacy ⓘ stigma of mental illness ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| usedIn |
history of psychiatry courses
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mental health advocacy training ⓘ |
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