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Concepts and Issues in Deinstitutionalization

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Deinstitutionalization of services for persons with chronic mental disorders is but one manifestation of a social reform momentum that for a number of postwar years prevailed in the United States. Closely related to such notions as “normalization” (Wolfensberger 1970) and “mainstreaming” (Anonymous 1977; Omang 1979; Silverman 1979), deinstitutionalization for the chronically mentally ill has counterparts in an increased emphasis on community-based services for the developmentally disabled, the physically disabled and juvenile and adult criminal offenders.

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    Richard D. Budson M.D. (Director, Community Residential Services) (Director, Community Residential Services)

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Bachrach, L.L. (1983). Concepts and Issues in Deinstitutionalization. In: Barofsky, I., Budson, R.D. (eds) The Chronic Psychiatric Patient in the Community. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6308-8_1

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