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institutionalization and deinstitutionalization  

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  • As recently as the mid-20th century, the U.S. public mental health system consisted largely of the state hospitals. These hospitals, originally constructed for the humane asylum and “moral treatment” of those deemed mentally ill, had evolved into overcrowded, understaffed, and inadequate responses to the general welfare burden of society. [Source: Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law; Institutionalization and Deinstitutionalization]

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