In the United States today, the effects of deinstitutionalization include: (Select all that apply.)
a. A comprehensive mental health care system
b. A decrease in the need for medical treatment
c. An increase in the jail and prison populations
d. An increase in the homeless population
e. People who cannot obtain adequate food or shelter
f. Well-adjusted people with CMI
g. Unlimited access to mental health care
C, D, E
Deinstitutionalization refers to the widespread discharge of clients from psychiatric hospitals into the community, largely caused by the introduction of psychotherapeutic drugs in the 1950s.
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