What Has Been the Result of the Trend Toward Deinstitutionalization

question 24

Multiple Choice

What has been the result of the trend toward deinstitutionalization in the 1970s and 1980s?

• A)decreased numbers of homeless mentally ill people
• B)an increased number of patients in psychiatric institutions
• C)a decreased number of patients in psychiatric institutions
• D)better treatment of mentally ill patients in the community

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