In the late 19th century, the enactment of civil commitment laws resulted in
A) only a few cases of involuntary commitment to mental hospitals.
B) people being committed who were not mentally ill.
C) wives committing their husbands to mental hospitals.
D) a decrease in the number of large public mental hospitals.
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