. In the 1960s, what was recommended by the Mental Health Survey Act's Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health?
A. That an increased number of professionals who were prepared to treat the mentally ill be educated and employed
B. That mental health patients be deinstitutionalized and treatment be given to them in the community
C. That families reintegrate the ill family member into the home
D. That large state institutions be demolished and smaller, more homelike "cottages" be built
ANS: B
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