By 1960, as Part of the Patients' Rights Movement, Patients

question 117

Multiple Choice

By 1960, as part of the patients' rights movement, patients' rights advocates argued that mental patients can recover more fully or live more satisfying lives if they are integrated into the community, with the support of community-based treatment facilities-a process known as

• A)deinstitutionalization.
• B)restoration.
• C)the community mental health movement.
• D)recuperation.

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