In the 1970s a class of drug called Phenothiazine, an anti-psychotic drug started the deinstitutionalization movement. It was believed back then with the invention of this type of medication, there is no need to hospitalized patients for life, hence almost all insane asylums were shut down in the nation. Replacing them were community mental health clinics, were most patients were treated as out-patients. Things didn't work out as planned and a new problem emerged.
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