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By 1960, as part of the patients' rights movement, patients' rights advocates argued that mental patients can recover more fully or live more satisfying lives if they are integrated into the community, with the support of community-based treatment facilities-a process known as

A) deinstitutionalization.
B) restoration.
C) the community mental health movement.
D) recuperation.

Deinstitutionalization

Movement in which thousands of mental patients were released from mental institutions; a result of the patients’ rights movement, which was aimed at stopping the dehumanization of mental patients and at restoring their basic legal rights.

Patients' Rights Movement

A socio-political movement advocating for the protection and respect of patients' rights in healthcare settings.

Community-Based Treatment

A holistic therapeutic approach that involves treating individuals within their own communities, utilizing local resources and support networks.

  • Identify the effects of moving away from hospitalization towards community support in the reformation of mental health treatment.
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