Griffin J D
Can J Psychiatry. 1982 Dec;27(8):668-71. doi: 10.1177/070674378202700812.
The personalities and mental health problems of Clifford W. Beers and Clarence M. Hincks are described. Both became internationally acclaimed leaders in the development of the voluntary mental health movement in the United States and Canada. Both had sudden and dramatic onsets of mental disorder during early adulthood. Both had cyclothymic personalities, the down swings being sufficiently serious to interrupt their work. Beers' initial breakdown developed into a profound mental illness requiring institutional care for three years. The final diagnosis was manic-depressive psychosis. Hincks was never psychotic although his repeated depressions were often deep and painful. Both were very creative and achieved remarkable success in spite of significant mental health handicaps.
文中描述了克利福德·W·比尔斯（Clifford W. Beers）和克拉伦斯·M·欣克斯（Clarence M. Hincks）的性格及心理健康问题。他们二人都成为了美国和加拿大志愿心理健康运动发展过程中享誉国际的领袖人物。两人在成年早期都突然患上了严重的精神疾病。两人都具有环性心境人格，情绪低落的阶段严重到足以中断他们的工作。比尔斯最初的精神崩溃发展成了严重的精神疾病，需要在医疗机构接受三年治疗。最终诊断为躁郁症精神病。欣克斯虽从未出现过精神错乱，但他反复出现的抑郁情绪往往很深且令人痛苦。两人都极具创造力，尽管存在严重的心理健康障碍，却都取得了非凡的成就。
