Deinstitutionalization is perhaps the most widely recognized term in mental health policy. It has dominated our thinking about policy, especially about mental health long‐term care policy, for nearly 30 years. But it is less clear that it is still the best way to characterize current mental health long‐term care, or the best policy for the future. In this article, we explore some reasons why this is so, and we present a new picture of current mental health long‐term care policy.
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