The mentally ill were once housed in mental institutions known as:
A.
Hospitals.
B.
Long-term care facilities.
C.
Asylums.
D.
Free-standing treatment centers.
ANS: C
Asylums were known as a refuge for the mentally ill as well as the poor in the past.
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