There were social reasons and developments in psychopharmacology as well -- this Wikipedia page [0] on deinstitutionalization in the US might be worth a quick r

There were social reasons and developments in psychopharmacology as well -- this Wikipedia page [0] on deinstitutionalization in the US might be worth a quick read or skim. There's also a WP page on the history of deinstitutionalization world-wide [1]. It starts from the 19th century, talking about sanitariums and what happened with them. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinstitutionalization_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinstitutionalization_in_the_... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinstitutionalisation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinstitutionalisation