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Community mental health reform and the exodus from hospitals
A report on reforming mental health care notes a long exodus of patients from state hospitals to community settings. It cites the National Institute of Mental Health and the General Accounting Office, highlighting inadequate community facilities and fractured care networks. The piece traces the shift since the 1950s and 1960s, aided by Medicaid and SSI, with thousands more mentally disabled living in nursing homes than in hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
National Institute of Mental Families
Cablan
New York
Fountain House
San Mateos
Calif
Yesteryear
Chicago
Jangany
le General Accounting Office
Steven S. Sharl Stein
Division of
Mental Health Service Programs
National Institute of Mental Health
Sharfstein
Jisi