Following 1955, the resident population in mental hospitals in the United States and Canada decreased by 50% as a result of __________.

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The decrease in the resident population in mental hospitals after 1955 was primarily due to the introduction of antipsychotic drugs, which allowed for more effective outpatient treatment of mental illness, and deinstitutionalization policies, which aimed to treat mentally ill patients in community settings rather than in large institutional settings.

Following 1955, the Resident Population in Mental Hospitals in the United