Deinstitutionalization (The Discharge of Many Patients from Mental Hospitals) Often

question 150

Multiple Choice

Deinstitutionalization (the discharge of many patients from mental hospitals) often turned out to be disadvantageous because

• A) treatment in large mental hospitals generally provides better therapy and more benefits than alternative forms of care provide.
• B) alternative forms of care, such as community mental health centers, are generally more expensive than is treatment in mental hospitals.
• C) the majority of discharged mental patients were dangerous to themselves and to others.
• D) many states failed to provide for adequate alternative forms of care.

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