deinstitutionalization
- a word derived from deinstitutionalize.
Example Sentences
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At the end of October 1963, President Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Act, which helped lead to significant deinstitutionalization nationally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
Dr. Talbott was an early backer of a movement known as deinstitutionalization, which pushed to replace America’s decrepit mental hospitals with community-based treatment.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2023
The deinstitutionalization revolution in the mid-1960s began to redress the needs of people with developmental disabilities in the U.S., including autistic people.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 13, 2023
I also learned that this theme of cost-savings went back further in time than I thought, well before deinstitutionalization.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2023
While these reforms were desperately needed, deinstitutionalization intersected with the spread of mass imprisonment policies—expanding criminal statutes and harsh sentencing—to disastrous effect.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
