A newcomer to a community support meeting asks a nurse, "Why aren't people with mental illnesses treated at state institutions anymore?" What would be the nurse's accurate responses? Select all that apply
a. "Funding for treatment of mental illness now focuses on community treatment."
b. "Psychiatric institutions are no longer accepted because of negative stories in the press."
c. "There are less restrictive settings available now to care for individuals with mental illness."
d. "Our nation has fewer people with mental illness; therefore, fewer hospital beds are needed."
e. "Better drugs now make it possible for many persons with mental illness to live in their communities."
A, C, E
Deinstitutionalization and changes in funding shifted care for persons with mental illness to the community rather than large institutions. Care provided in a community setting, closer to family and significant others, is preferable. Improvements in medications to treat serious mental illness made it possible for more patients to live in their home communities. Prevalence rates for serious mental illness have not decreased. Although the national perspectives on institutional care did become negative, that was not the reason many institutions closed.
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