What is deinstitutionalization?
Deinstitutionalization is a detachment from the traditional health care model of public institutions that have people with mental illnesses. Deinstitutionalization of mental health care systems means providing outpatient services of the community rather than in the area of care for hours inside the public hospital. Rather than isolating community patients by limiting them in large institutional buildings, the deinstitutionalization model has a community providing each patient service in mental health. The success of psychiatric drugs also led to the deinstitution of mental health care systems in many parts of the world. Since 1890, the care of those with mental illnesses has become more bonding than progressive, because there was often no cure for the condition. But the beginning of 1955 with the introduction of psychiatric medicines that controlled symptoms such as hallucinations and mood fluctuations have been found that many patients can work without constant care.
In 1963 in the United States President JOhn F. Kennedy founded a law on community mental health. Psychiatric drugs were published by careful monitoring and combined with outpatient therapy. A new model of mental health care in the community was accepted. The federal government paid it through health insurance programs such as Medicaid and Medicare. Deinstitutionalization has become common to the elderly and for the mentally ill.
Today, outpatient care is still increasing, while models in patient mental health have decreased significantly. People in favor of deinstallization of mental health care claims not only liberating the much needed beds in hospitals, but Treats patients in their own community and at the same time support their independence. Proponents of deinstitutionalized health care systems also point out that traditional psychiatric hospitals or asylum model patients and isolate them from the rest of society. Those who against deinstitutionThey build, claim that people with serious or complex mental disorders tend to be isolated in a community environment, and many need regular meals, activities and plans that provide traditional hospital care. In fact, many patients with deinstitutionalized mental health become homeless.
and those involved in the deinstitutionalized movement have pushed for supported housing for mentally ill people to provide live accommodation and at least some supervision to ensure that they use their psychiatric drugs. Unfortunately, the cost of such care is in many cases often the same or even higher than hospitalization. Cost savings are a major factor in deinstitutionalization. North America, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand are particularly associated with increased deinstitutionalized care for mental health.