A community/public health nurse providing care for the mentally ill in the 1980s had difficulty finding funds to provide care for her clients. What was the end result of this lack of funding?
a. Many of the mentally ill died from lack of care and basic life necessities.
b. Most of the mentally ill returned to the large state institutions.
c. New, more progressive, modern state institutions were designed, built, and included community-based services.
d. Severely disabled clients remained in state institutions, and the less disabled clients used the services of community mental health centers.
ANS: D
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