The process of emptying state mental hospitals and placing mentally ill persons in the community is known as:

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State psychiatric hospitals discharge long-term patients into the community through a practice called deinstitutionalization.Recidivism refers to a pattern of short hospital admissions and discharges;and exacerbation is a period of dysfunction accompanied by an increase in the signs,symptoms,and seriousness of a problem.

The Process of Emptying State Mental Hospitals and Placing Mentally