The original goal of deinstitutionalization was to:
a. Reduce state costs of caring for the chronically mentally ill.
b. Replace state psychiatric hospitals with community-based treatment programs.
c. Modernize psychiatric hospitals.
d. Allow mentally ill persons to live on their own to test their life skills.
B
The original goal was to replace large psychiatric hospitals with community-based treatments centers. However, federal and state governments failed to allocate the needed funds.
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