deinstitutionalization

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Synonyms: deinstitutionalisation, institutionalization

Antonyms: deinstitutionalisation, institutionalization

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Noun

1. The process of [[abolish]]ing a practice that has been considered a norm.
2. {{lb|en|health care|psychiatry}} The process of converting daily care for [[intellectually disabled]] people and [[mental health care]] for [[psychiatric]] patients from an [[institution]]-based model (focused largely on [[sequester]]ing them in [[mental hospital]]s) to a community-based model (in which they live in small group homes or private residences to the greatest feasible extent).
3. The process of [[releasing]] a person from a facility where their freedom to leave has been restrained.
4. The process of reducing a person's [[dependence]] on an [[institutional]] environment.

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