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De-institutionalisation

Posted on 5th November 2012 by Nicole Kerstin Baur
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Up until the latter decades of the 20th century patients had few choices of where to receive treatment for their mental illness. De-institutionalisation and the move towards community care has changed this, but at the same time shut down the large mental hospitals. What is your view on these developments?

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