Deinstitutionlization efforts are reflecting a shift from "asylum-based" mental health care to a model based on community, based on the belief that physiatrist patients would have a higher quality of life in their own communities than in “large, undifferentiated, and isolated mental hospitals”.
"Module 2: A Brief History of Mental Illness and the U.S. Mental Health Care System." A Brief History of Mental Illness and the U.S. Mental Health Care System. Unite for Sight, Inc. , n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2013. <http://www.uniteforsight.org/mental-health/module2>.
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