Psychology / Unit 12 Psych 1393 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Deinstitutionalization
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The idea
Deinstitutionalization was the mid-twentieth-century movement of psychiatric patients out of large hospitals into community settings.
In practice
Hospital populations fell sharply after the introduction of antipsychotic medication and policy change.
Where people slip
The community services intended to replace hospitals were largely not funded, which is why homelessness and incarceration rose.
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