Reasons for the deinstitutionalization of a large number of mental patients beginning in the 1960s included:
A) the advent of community mental health centers.
B) the growth of drug therapies.
C) both of these options
D) neither of these options

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The deinstitutionalization of mental patients in the 1960s was influenced by both the development of community mental health centers, which provided alternatives to institutional care, and the growth of drug therapies, which made it possible to manage mental illnesses outside of hospital settings.

Reasons for the Deinstitutionalization of a Large Number of Mental