[Deinstitutionalization in Québec.]

In this article, the author raises questions about the results and consequences of deinstitutionalization in Quebec. First presented is an analysis of the phenomenon that focusses on the prevention of admissions as well as the return and the maintenance of an individual in the community. TTie analysis leads to an assesment of the phenomenon's impact on the principal actors. There are two sides to the coin; the author examines the achievements and the weaknesses that subsist In Quebec, as elsewhere, certain problems are associated to deinstitutionalization; the author offers explanations to these problems.