The disappearance of long-term-care facilities and psychiatric beds has escalated over the past 30 years, sparked by a trend toward deinstitutionalization of psychiatric patients in the 1950s and '60s, State hospitals theorized that individuals who were there probably could do

Trends in Mental Hospital Populations:
1960s to 1980s: This period saw a significant decline in the number of individuals residing in mental hospitals in many developed countries, including the United States, as deinstitutionalization efforts were implemented.

1990s to Present:

Late 70s/Early 80s New Yorker did some things: e.g., serializing a book length profile of an anonymous schizophrenic in the era a deinstitutionalization. Brilliant—but can’t imagine this now.

سمعت أخصائي صحة نفسية يقول ان المصحات النفسية بدت تفتح عندنا في نفس وقت deinstitutionalization: لما دول الغرب استبدلت المصحات المعزولة بمراكز رعاية مدموجة عادية

نفس السيناريو يتكرر هنا: في الوقت اللي الحضريين وكثير أمريكان مستائين من تجربة الضواحي، بعضنا يشكو من فشلنا في تكرارها

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The Richmond report was when the rot started. Deinstitutionalization was driven by a desire to cut government spending. Another toxic legacy of neoliberalism.

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There are so many tragedies from the attacks at #BondiJunction Among them is the plight of ppl struggling with serious mental illness and their families. The project of deinstitutionalization has been an abject failure as it has not been supported by adequate “community” support.

GUNS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM

They never were. Before his assassination, JFK’s last bill signed in ‘63 proved that

We have a mental illness and deinstitutionalization problem

We’ve all seen the schizophrenic homeless person on the street, the suicidal PTSD combat veteran, the

I’m a fairly doctrinaire fiscal Conservative but I’ll give my vote happily to anyone who runs on a platform of writing a blank check to build back the Mental Institution system in America

Deinstitutionalization has been an abject failure, we need the Asylums back

This is an amazing book. I met one of the family members several times. It reminds me of the horrific policies of Ronald Reagan around deinstitutionalization (in addition to his damage to funding for mental health research, farmers, and so much more). shorturl.at/jtJP0

Deinstitutionalization was a mistake. So many people with no quality of life and a threat to everyone around them because we decided they should live in the community.

The deinstitutionalization movement of the 70's and 80's has been a disaster and a tragedy for the mentally ill.

This has been going on long before 2021.

Congratulations to Nemanja Starović on appointment as the Minister for Labor, Employment, Veteran & Social Affairs. We discussed his vision and key initiatives, incl. the new Strategy for #PWD and advancing deinstitutionalization. Looking fwd to our continued collaboration

every oppressed group fights four fights, in this order:

- emancipation/deinstitutionalization

- civil rights

- justice (substantive/material rights)

- liberation (freedom; cannot be achieved without cross-movement solidarity)

we have much work 2 do 4 one another 🤍

Yeah, it's totally unlike what happened in Rhodesia or South Africa. These people are off their minds. Deinstitutionalization was a mistake.

As someone who actually worked at state hospitals before deinstitutionalization, I can tell you the craziest were not invented yet. Thanks to TRANQ, Flava, Fentanyl and the Cabal , we now have whole cities of zombified druggies.

Deinstitutionalization was a mistake

This is so refreshing. What a beautiful system of deinstitutionalization of mental health care. Altruism at its best.

The deinstitutionalization movement has been a disaster for the mentally ill, and has made our society much more dangerous.

1/2 In this video, Disability Rights Watch’s Wamundila Waliuya talks about the state of institutions in #Zambia 🇿🇲

He urges the government to formalize a #deinstitutionalization strategy & realize the right of all to live independently within their communities.

#DIGuidelines

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