![]() ![]() ![]() First-person narratives provide a valuable archival record of the phenomenology of mental disorder and the changes that have occurred in diagnosis, treatment, and public response over several centuries. Other types of books about individuals with mental disorders, such as biographies, case studies, and fictionalized accounts, can be useful data sources and teaching tools however, we have chosen to focus on autobiographies for several reasons. Several of the autobiographies have been made into feature films. These anthologies have brought the books to the attention of a wide audience of students, practitioners, and the public. There are at least 25 published bibliographies and anthologies (3- 27), the latter often meant to be used as corollary readings in psychopathology classes. Several accounts, such as those by Schreber (1) and Beers (2), have become classics in mental health education, while others remain largely unknown. The formats of these books range from privately printed tracts with little or no editing to books issued by major publishers. Autobiographies written by individuals diagnosed as mentally ill are available in the English language going back at least as far as the fifteenth century. ![]()
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