Deinstitutionalization and Mental Health Services.

Bassuk, Ellen L.; Gerson, Samuel

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Deinstitutionalization and Mental Health Services

Bassuk, Ellen L.; Gerson, Samuel

Scientific American, 238, 2, 46-53, Feb 78

The resident population of large mental hospitals has been reduced by two-thirds in 20 years, but chronic patients are being discharged to a lonely existence in hostile communities without adequate care. (Author/BB)

Descriptors: Community Health Services, Health Facilities, Health Services, Hospitals, Medical Services, Mental Disorders, Mental Health Clinics, Patients, Psychiatric Hospitals, Psychiatric Services

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