Deinstitutionalization in context.
Unlike other policy developments, which are regular and cumulative or even circular, reforms in mental health have been characterized by a peak-trough movement. Public responses continue to be very different from professional responses to achieving the practical limits of mental health. Ironically, the lack of machinery to integrate special services into a broad national program has mobilized more creative energy in the United States than has been the case in Britain.
D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D003688:Deinstitutionalization; D006291:Health Policy; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011639:Public Opinion; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States