ERIC Number: EJ288859
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Still Looking for the Rose Garden: The Effects of Deinstitutionalizing Mental Health Services.
Detzer, Eric
Humanist, v43 n6 p22-27,37 Nov-Dec 1983
The shift from institutional to community-based care for the mentally ill failed because communities were not prepared to undertake this responsibility. Suggestions for more humane care are given. (IS)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Programs, Community Resources, Community Support, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Emotional Disturbances, Group Homes, Helplessness, Institutional Role, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Disorders, Mental Health Programs, Psychiatric Hospitals, Psychiatric Services, Psychological Services, Public Health, Rehabilitation
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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