deinstitutionalization
noun
de·in·sti·tu·tion·al·i·za·tion
(ˌ)dē-ˌin(t)-stə-ˌtü-shə-nə-lə-ˈzā-shən 
-ˌtyü-
1
: the release of institutionalized individuals from institutional care (as in a psychiatric hospital) to care in the community
2
: the reform or modification of an institution to remove or disguise its institutional character
Examples of deinstitutionalization in a Sentence
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In the 1970s, a time of mass deinstitutionalization, former patients came together to found the Psychiatric Inmates Liberation Movement.
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JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Decades ago, there was deinstitutionalization of those with mental illness.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2024
The policy has come to be known as deinstitutionalization.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
The organization was established in 1983 by Florence and Elias Katz, an artist and a psychologist, who at the time were inspired by the nationwide deinstitutionalization of people with disabilities.
—Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
These programs began gaining support in the 1980s, offered as a solution during the deinstitutionalization movement of the time which wanted to prevent the abuse of patients locked away in psychiatric wards.
—Rong Xiaoqing, Curbed, 21 Aug. 2023
As the deinstitutionalization movement took off, many children who would have been diagnosed with mental retardation were instead diagnosed with autism, not because the diagnosis was more accurate but because its treatment was preferable.
—Rachel Burr Gerrard, STAT, 13 Feb. 2022
The several distinct waves of deinstitutionalization, beginning around the 1950s, were in part a response to the widespread institutional abuses exposed by journalists and advocates.
—Abby Cartus, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
Yet deinstitutionalization did not always return psychiatric patients to community living, and rarely accomplished their seamless integration into community life.
—Abby Cartus, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Decades ago, there was deinstitutionalization of those with mental illness.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2024
The policy has come to be known as deinstitutionalization.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
The organization was established in 1983 by Florence and Elias Katz, an artist and a psychologist, who at the time were inspired by the nationwide deinstitutionalization of people with disabilities.
—Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
These programs began gaining support in the 1980s, offered as a solution during the deinstitutionalization movement of the time which wanted to prevent the abuse of patients locked away in psychiatric wards.
—Rong Xiaoqing, Curbed, 21 Aug. 2023
As the deinstitutionalization movement took off, many children who would have been diagnosed with mental retardation were instead diagnosed with autism, not because the diagnosis was more accurate but because its treatment was preferable.
—Rachel Burr Gerrard, STAT, 13 Feb. 2022
The several distinct waves of deinstitutionalization, beginning around the 1950s, were in part a response to the widespread institutional abuses exposed by journalists and advocates.
—Abby Cartus, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
Yet deinstitutionalization did not always return psychiatric patients to community living, and rarely accomplished their seamless integration into community life.
—Abby Cartus, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
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deinstitutionalization
noun
de·in·sti·tu·tion·al·iza·tion
(ˌ)dē-ˌin(t)-stə-ˌt(y)üsh-nə-lə-ˈzā-shən, -ˌt(y)ü-shən-ᵊl-ə-ˈzā-
: the release of institutionalized individuals from institutional care (as in a psychiatric hospital) to care in the community
deinstitutionalize
transitive verb
deinstitutionalized; deinstitutionalizing
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