By 1960, as part of the patients' rights movement, patients' rights advocates argued that mental patients can recover more fully or live more satisfying lives if they are integrated into the community, with the support of community-based treatment facilities-a process known as
A)deinstitutionalization.
B)restoration.
C)the community mental health movement.
D)recuperation.

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Deinstitutionalization refers to the process of shifting from inpatient treatment in large psychiatric hospitals to community-based treatment facilities. This idea was championed by advocates of the patients' rights movement who believed that patients could recover more fully and live more satisfying lives if they were integrated back into the community. The community-based treatment facilities provided the necessary support for patients to achieve this goal. The other options do not accurately describe this process.

By 1960, as Part of the Patients' Rights Movement, Patients