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Old 01-05-2023, 03:39 PM   #57
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Default Deinstitutionalization

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The first was the de-institutionalization of the mentally ill starting in the 1960's. The movement, started in Europe, was supported by President Kennedy and ultimately complicated by a U.S. Supreme Court opinion and civil liberty concerns over forced treatment.
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