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Deinstitutionalization.

H F Butts

    Journal of the National Medical Association
    |April 1, 1979
    PubMed
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    This study questions the viability of community-based treatment for the chronically mentally disabled, highlighting historical failures and insufficient commitment to local care. Careful planning is urged to avoid repeating past mistakes in mental healthcare.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychiatry
    • Mental Health Policy
    • Social Work

    Background:

    • Historical approaches to mental disability treatment over three centuries.
    • The rise and fall of the community mental health center movement in the 1960s.
    • Challenges in providing non-institutional care for the chronically mentally disabled.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To critically evaluate the feasibility of deinstitutionalized treatment for the chronically mentally disabled.
    • To examine the adequacy of moral, professional, and financial commitments to local non-institutional care.
    • To provide a cautionary perspective for future mental health planning.

    Main Methods:

    • Historical review of mental disability treatment.
    • Analysis of the community mental health center movement's failures.

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  • Critical assessment of current non-institutional care models.

    • Main Results:

    • Significant doubts raised about the feasibility of widespread non-institutional care.
    • Evidence suggests a historical lack of sufficient commitment to local care for this population.
    • Past initiatives, like the community mental health center movement, faced significant challenges and failures.

    Conclusions:

    • Deinstitutionalization plans require rigorous evaluation and planning.
    • A cautious approach is necessary to ensure effective and sustainable care for the chronically mentally disabled.
    • Addressing historical shortcomings in commitment and resources is crucial for future mental healthcare strategies.