The policy in which people with mental disorders were moved out of large mental hospitals and back into agencies in their local communities beginning in the 1960s is called ____.

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Deinstitutionalization refers to the policy initiated in the 1960s aimed at moving people with mental disorders out of large, often overcrowded and under-resourced, mental hospitals and into community-based treatment settings. This movement was driven by a combination of factors, including advances in psychiatric medications, critiques of institutional care, and a push for more humane and effective treatment options within communities.

The Policy in Which People with Mental Disorders Were Moved