Deinstitutionalization and modern history

The authors trace the history of ideological or socio-economical-political conditions of desinstitutionalisation. They try to analyse the consequence of it about the constitution of a new pathology of homeless and careless chronic mental ill. This pathology was described first in the states and Cana...

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Published inAnnales médico psychologiques Vol. 153; no. 6; pp. 417 - 20; discussion 420-1
Main Authors Florentin, T, Castro, B, Skurnik, N
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 01.06.1995
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Canada
Deinstitutionalization - history
Deinstitutionalization - legislation & jurisprudence
France
History of medicine
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Homeless Persons - history
Humans
Mental Disorders - history
Politics
Socioeconomic Factors
United States
France
Canada
United States
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Summary:The authors trace the history of ideological or socio-economical-political conditions of desinstitutionalisation. They try to analyse the consequence of it about the constitution of a new pathology of homeless and careless chronic mental ill. This pathology was described first in the states and Canada. It begins to be described in France. The authors go on to show it's a new kind of mental pathology, needing to take place in the new classifications of mental illness.
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ISSN:0003-4487