One of the unforeseen effects of the movement toward community mental health services is

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Although people with severe and persistent mental illness have shorter hospital stays, they are admitted to hospitals more frequently. Although deinstitutionalization reduced the number of public hospital beds by 80%, the number of admissions to those beds correspondingly increased by 90%. The number of individuals with mental illness did not change.

One of the Unforeseen Effects of the Movement Toward Community