Author Question: During the 1980s, homelessness was blamed on strict civil commitment criteria and ... (Read 59 times)

mcmcdaniel · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

During the 1980s, homelessness was blamed on strict civil commitment criteria and deinstitutionalizat ion, two policies that included all of the following EXCEPT

a. limits on conditions for involuntary commitment.
b. limits placed on how long a mentally ill patient could stay in a hospital.
c. the closing of large psychiatric hospitals.
d. increased numbers of mental health professionals working in psychiatric hospitals.

Question 2

A major problem with deinstitutionalizat ion was

a. people with mental illness were moved from mental hospitals to jails.
b. traninstituionaliza tion occurred.
c. people with mental illness were moved from mental hospitals to nursing homes.
d. all of the above