Word: wtilliam
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...overwork as a Yale undergraduate and later as an insurance clerk. Although wracked by wild illusions, his mind lucidly registered on his experiences. When he became well he had the impulse to document himself, to start a movement for the amelioration of the then unintelligently managed insane asylums. WTilliam James encouraged him. Psychiatrist Adolf Meyer invented for him the phrase "mental hygiene." Great names joined his movement for a National Committee on Mental Hygiene? William Henry Welch, William Herbert Perry Faunce, Jacob Gould Schurman, Julia Clifford Lathrop. Twenty-two years ago this month 14 people, including zealous Mr. Beers...
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