The rationale behind deinstitutionalization was ________
A) a belief that physicians could better medicate and give physical treatment to patients in their own homes.
B) a concern that prolonged hospitalization could keep patients from being able to adjust to and function in the outside world.
C) a belief that most mental patients were faking and would cease to do so if they were not "rewarded" by allowing them to stay in the hospital.
D) a concern that mental hospitals were such unpleasant places that for mental patients, living on their own could only be better.

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Deinstitutionalization was based on the belief that long-term hospitalization could cause patients to lose their ability to function in the outside world. It was thought that community-based care and treatment would be more effective in helping patients recover and reintegrate into society.

The Rationale Behind Deinstitutionalization Was ________