ALL BUT WHICH of the following factors played a role in reducing the population of mental hospitals after the mid-1950s?

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The widespread acceptance/use of the DSM did not play a direct role in reducing the population of mental hospitals. The other factors, such as a more liberal discharge philosophy, the advent of psychotropic drugs, and a lack of trained therapists, contributed to the deinstitutionalization movement and the reduction of mental hospital populations.

ALL BUT WHICH of the Following Factors Played a Role