Compared with Long-Term Institutionalization, Short-Term Hospitalization That Includes Aftercare Is

question 182

Multiple Choice

Compared with long-term institutionalization, short-term hospitalization that includes aftercare is more likely to:

• A) produce a backlash among community members who reject aftercare programs.
• B) produce greater improvement and fewer rehospitalizations.
• C) create a revolving door pattern in which people repeatedly enter and exit institutional care facilities.
• D) create financial burdens on communities and deplete treatment resources.

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Definitions:

Co-optation

A strategy by which a group incorporates individuals from another, often oppositional group, to reduce threats or to gain their perspectives, sometimes diluting the original group's goals.

Coercion

The practice of forcing another party to act in an involuntary manner by use of threats, intimidation, or some other form of pressure or force.

Negotiation

The process by which parties with differing interests and objectives discuss an issue in an attempt to reach a mutually acceptable agreement.

Labor Unions

Organizations that represent the collective interests of workers in negotiations with employers over wages, benefits, and working conditions.