From 1962 to 1977, the population of Canadian provincial psychiatric hospitals fell by ___%, despite the fact that the number of mentally ill people continued to rise as the Canadian population grew.

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According to the given information, the population of Canadian provincial psychiatric hospitals fell by 78% between 1962 and 1977. This means that the number of people living in these psychiatric hospitals decreased by almost four-fifths during this period. Despite this, the number of mentally ill people still continued to rise as the Canadian population grew. This suggests that alternative forms of mental health care must have been developed and implemented during this period to manage the growing number of mentally ill people outside of psychiatric hospitals.

From 1962 to 1977, the Population of Canadian Provincial Psychiatric