Clarence Hincks: Mental Health Crusader

By Charles G. Roland

Clarence Meredith Hincks (1885-1964) is often regarded as the father of mental health in Canada. He was instrumental in establishing the Canadian National Committee for Mental Hygiene in 1918, and became its director in 1924. He dedicated his career to investigating the cause and relief of psychological disorders, a search that continues today in the work of the Canadian Mental Health Association. This biography sets down the major episodes in his career, and relates them to his personal life and his struggles with recurrent attacks of depression. The maturation of Canada's perception of mental disease is largely due to pioneers like Hincks.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155002048X
• ISBN13: 9781550020489
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 128 Pages