Deinstitutionalization Research Paper

What is Deinstitutionalization? Deinstitutionalization is when a person who has a mental illness can be treated at home or in a familiar community setting versus being institutionalized in a hospital. There are many places such as group homes and smaller community settings that the clients that the patients are placed in. This is happening because many states are shutting down state hospitals to save money.

How did deinstitutionalization affect the local community in your article?
Deinstitutionalization affected the local community in the article I read because many of the patients that had a mental illness were moved. Many patients may have been in the hospital for years and now being moved into a community setting outpatient care