title: [Comments on deinstitutionalization].
abstract: Following a historic introduction the development of the chronics' departments of the big psychiatric hospitals in Saxony since 1990 is described: the goal of ending the care of the chronic mentally ill younger than 65 years in these departments, the newly restructured care of the mentally ill in Saxony and the problems attached to these processes.
authors.affiliation: Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Jugend und Familie.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Frey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003688:Deinstitutionalization; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006763:Hospitals, Chronic Disease / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends