A psychiatric nurse is discussing his frustration with mental health treatment in the United States and makes reference to the "mental health institutions of the twenty-first century." To what is he most likely referring?
A) Long-term inpatient facilities
B) Community outpatient facilities
C) Correctional facilities
D) State mental health facilities
Ans: C
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Correctional facilities have become the country's front-line mental health providers representing the mental health institutions of the twenty-first century (Adams and Ferrandino, 2012; White and Whiteford, 2006, p. 302).
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