The Outcome That Resulted from the Fundamental Flaw with the Deinstitutionalization

question 3

Multiple Choice

The outcome that resulted from the fundamental flaw with the deinstitutionalization of mental health patients was that: (Select all that apply.)

• A) patients had to be readmitted to state hospitals because of the lack of adequate community services.
• B) there was insufficient financial support to care for the psychiatric patients at the homeless shelters currently in place.
• C) funds for services were misused since policymakers did not require adequate documentation of patient service needs.
• D) there were insufficient numbers of community health professionals available to care for the psychiatric patients who qualified for deinstitutionalization care.
• E) patients refused to seek out or accept mental health care from community-based
• Facilities since they were unfamiliar with them and therefore generally distrustful of them.

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