A key factor motivating passage of the Community Mental Health Centers Act in 1963 was that mentally ill individuals had been
a. hospitalized only if they demonstrated violent behavior.
b. geographically isolated from family and community.
c. discharged before receiving adequate treatment.
d. used as subjects in pharmacologic research.
B
State hospitals were often located a great distance from the patients' homes, making family visits difficult during hospitalization. The Community Mental Health Centers Act in 1963 served as the impetus for deinstitutionalization, allowing patients and families to receive care close to home. Admission only for behavior that endangers self or others is more consistent with current admission criteria. Early discharge rarely occurred before the community mental health movement. Unethical pharmacologic research was not a major issue leading to community mental health legislation.
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