title: Deinstitutionalization and criminalization: tinkering in the interstices.
abstract: The mental health service system has undergone continuous change for more than three decades. Undoubtedly, some of its problems are related to economic, social and political factors. This contribution discusses problems of deinstitutionalization, homelessness and criminalization of the mentally ill persons. To conclude, it proposes a number of ways by which better services could be rendered to the mentally disordered persons, particularly in areas that interface with the criminal justice system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0710, USA.
authors.forename: Y A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Aderibigbe
mesh_terms: D003416:Criminal Law; D003418:Criminology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000639:trends*; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States