deinstitutionalization

Examples of deinstitutionalization in the following topics:

• Institutionalized Children

  • Deinstitutionalization is the process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health service for those diagnosed with a mental disorder or developmental disability.
  • Deinstitutionalization can have multiple definitions; the first focuses on reducing the population size of mental institutions.
  • Discuss both the processes of institutionalization and deinstitutionalization, as they relate to issues juveniles may have

• Homelessness

  • Homeless people who suffer from substance abuse or mental illness often lack access to effective treatment options, a condition exacerbated by deinstitutionalization in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • Prior to the 1960s, individuals with mental illness were frequently committed to long-term institutions, but deinstitutionalization closed these institutions in favor of community-based treatment.