Are we legislating reinstitutionalization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9053596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John R Elpers (UCLA Medical Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 441-446 |
| Publication date | 1987-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1987.tb03554.x |
| PMID | 3618742 |
| OpenAlex | W2090706345 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
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
Action (physics) · Legislature · Mental health · Mental illness · Mentally ill · Political science · Psychiatry · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Nursing · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1991 - 2009 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |