Clifford Whittingham Beers quotes
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“... patients seldom run amuck at mealtime.”
-- Clifford Whittingham BeersSource : Clifford Whittingham Beers (2015). “A Mind That Found Itself”, p.71, Sheba Blake Publishing
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“Most sane people think that no insane person can reason logically. But this is not so.”
-- Clifford Whittingham BeersSource : Clifford Whittingham Beers (2015). “A Mind That Found Itself”, p.42, Sheba Blake Publishing
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“Not a few patients, however, suffering from certain forms of mental disorder, regain a high degree of insight into their mental condition in what might be termed a flash of divine enlightenment.”
-- Clifford Whittingham BeersSource : Clifford Whittingham Beers (2015). “A Mind That Found Itself”, p.61, Sheba Blake Publishing
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“To be on the safe and humane side, let every relative and friend ... remember the golden rule, which has never been suspended with respect to the insane. Go to see them, treat them sanely, write to them, keep them informed about the home circle; let not your devotion flag, nor accept any repulse.”
-- Clifford Whittingham BeersSource : Clifford Whittingham Beers (2015). “A Mind That Found Itself”, p.46, Sheba Blake Publishing
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“To leave behind what was in reality a hell, and immediately have this good green earth revealed in more glory than most men ever see it, was one of the compensating privileges which make me feel that my suffering was worthwhile.”
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“... many a suicide might be averted if the person contemplating it could find the proper assistance when such a crisis impends.”
-- Clifford Whittingham BeersSource : Clifford Whittingham Beers (2015). “A Mind That Found Itself”, p.15, Sheba Blake Publishing
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Source : "Young Love, Complicated by Cancer" by A.O. Scott, www.nytimes.com. June 05, 2014.
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Source : Source: www.etonline.com
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“The only person who is a worse liar than a faith healer is his patient.”
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“We must never neglect the patient's own use of his symptoms.”
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