title: Are we legislating reinstitutionalization?
abstract: Attitudes and trends in the care of the chronic mentally ill are reviewed historically. The present impetus away from community care and back to hospitalization is examined, with special reference to recent legislative initiatives in California, an early leader in the movement to deinstitutionalization. Options for effective action on behalf of the homeless mentally ill are outlined.
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D014481:United States