In the late 1970s and early 1980s, legal reforms enacted by some states to make involuntary mental health care easier resulted in
A) a decrease in the number of hospitalised mental patients.
B) more voluntary than involuntary admissions.
C) more patients admitted under parens patriae powers.
D) shorter hospital stays for mentally ill patients.
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