Regarding the Success of Deinstitutionalization, Which of the Following Statements

question 220

Multiple Choice

Regarding the success of deinstitutionalization, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Although high quality care is available in almost every community, a lack of money prevents large numbers of people from getting the help they need.
• B) For every mentally ill American in a hospital, three are trapped in the criminal justice system.
• C) In the last 60 years, the population in large mental hospitals has increased by one-third.
• D) Patients who trade hospitalization for unemployment, homelessness, and social isolation all too often end up rehospitalized, in jail, or even as suicides.

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