At once a classic account of the ravages of mental illness and a major American autobiography, “A Mind That Found Itself” first published in 1908, tells the story of a young man who is gradually enveloped by a psychosis. His well-meaning family commits him to a series of mental hospitals, but he is brutalized by the treatment, and his moments of fleeting sanity become fewer and fewer. His ultimate recovery is a triumph of the human spirit. Recovered from his illness, the author began a lifelong crusade, through the National Committee for Mental Hygiene…to revolutionize the care and treatment of the mentally ill.