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The large institutional mental health hospitals were closed and supposed to be replaced by smaller, in-community health centers. Reagan repealed the funding for
by bobthepanda 3y ago
The large institutional mental health hospitals were closed and supposed to be replaced by smaller, in-community health centers. Reagan repealed the funding for the successor systems and left it up to the states. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_Health_Systems_Act_of_1980 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_Health_Systems_Act_of...
- giantg2 3y agoA better source with more information can be found here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Mental_Health_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Mental_Health_Act