deinstitutionalization (0 synonym found)

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Definition of deinstitutionalization:

(n) : (health care, psychiatry) The process of converting daily care for intellectually disabled people and mental health care for psychiatric patients from an institution-based model (focused largely on sequestering them in mental hospitals) to a community-based model (in which they live in small group homes or private residences to the greatest feasible extent).
(n) : The process of releasing a person from a facility where their freedom to leave has been restrained.
(n) : The process of reducing a person's dependence on an institutional environment.
(n) : The process of abolishing a practice that has been considered a norm.
Definition of deinstitutionalization:

(n) : (health care, psychiatry) The process of converting daily care for intellectually disabled people and mental health care for psychiatric patients from an institution-based model (focused largely on sequestering them in mental hospitals) to a community-based model (in which they live in small group homes or private residences to the greatest feasible extent).
(n) : The process of releasing a person from a facility where their freedom to leave has been restrained.
(n) : The process of reducing a person's dependence on an institutional environment.
(n) : The process of abolishing a practice that has been considered a norm.
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