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Deinstitutionalization

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Policy of closing state mental health facilities discussed as needing reversal to properly care for mentally ill people instead of leaving them homeless or imprisoned.

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"I don't understand how the two choices of dealing with mentally ill people is to leave them homeless roaming the streets where they sometimes terrorize people or faced with revolving jail sentences. Yes I've read about the cruelty of asylums but don't throw the baby out with the bath water."
State de-institutionalization should be reversed · u/MayaHendrix · ↑54 · 2024-01-31
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