In 1963, the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Center Construction Act proposed patient treatment in clinics and treatment centers outside of mental hospitals. This legislation paved the way for the _____ movement.
A) behaviorist
B) civil rights
C) spiritual
D) deinstitutionalization

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The Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Center Construction Act proposed patient treatment in clinics and treatment centers outside of mental hospitals, which paved the way for the deinstitutionalization movement. This movement aimed to provide community-based care for individuals with mental illness instead of institutionalization in large mental hospitals.