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The Sunday Story: Lost Mental Hospitals, Lost Patients

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The Shift from Custodial Care to Community Mental Health

This chapter examines the transformation of mental health care from institutionalization to community-based support, emphasizing key changes initiated in the 1960s. It highlights President Kennedy's role in promoting deinstitutionalization and the impact on facilities like Northern State Hospital.

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