Deinstitutionalization- a term popularized in the mid fifties to early seventies, was an experiment involving the release of some 830,000 mental patients. By reducing state mental hospitals by 60%, this ideology was found very appealing by Liberals due to mental patients receiving their freedom (Website 1). It was also liked by conservatives because of the large amount of money that would be saved by cutting the mental health budget. A very debatable question arises when analyzing this, and …showed first 75 words of 1138 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1138 total…have no control over. With the right amount of financial support, guidance, and medication I believe we would see more somewhat dependent mentally ill individuals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Bibliography (Website1). http://csf.colorado.edu/mail/homeless/feb99/0037.html (Website2). http://nch.ari.net/causes.html (Website3). http://wwwlinteractivist.net/housing/deinstitutionalization_1.html (Website4). http://www.psych-health.com/madness1.htm (Website5). /Encarta.msn.com/find/concise.asp?ti=008F600 (Website6). http://www.flashl.net/~rwcarlso/larry.htm