deinstitutionalization
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9.8
- noun
- /ˌdiːɪnˌstɪtʃənəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
- The deinstitutionalization of patients has allowed many individuals to receive care in their own communities.
- deinstitutionalization movement
Examples
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The deinstitutionalization movement led to tremendous changes in the locus of treatment for people with chronic mental illness.
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The effect of deinstitutionalization put the spotlight on the family's role as caregiver (Hatfield, 1987).
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If a transformation or deinstitutionalization is indeed taking place, we would expect that the effective number of parties has changed.
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The consequence of such deinstitutionalization must necessarily be the loss of the institution's unique social goods.
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The policy of deinstitutionalization in North America, for example, was not created in a vacuum or by one group overnight.
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Without such information, the process of deinstitutionalization is haphazard at best.
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Our office worked closely with a nearby state institution that was in the midst of deinstitutionalization.
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The advent of the normalization principle spawned other societal trends, such as deinstitutionalization of individuals with disabilities and their integration into all areas of society.
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Collectively, these studies helped to set in motion social reform movements such as deinstitutionalization, self-advocacy, and inclusion (Greenwood & Abbott, 2001).
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In 1992, however, momentary renewal of interest in deinstitutionalization led to congressional hearings and some limitations on the criminalization and incarceration of girls for nondelinquent behavior.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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6.1
Helping someone return to normal life and work after prison or long illness
Antonyms
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7.2
Send someone to live for a long time in a hospital, prison, or care home
How Community-Based
Surface Forms
Morphology
deinstitutionalization = institutionalization (semi-transparent) = de + institution + al + ize + ation
This is a regular reversal prefixation of the noun 'institutionalization', so the structural meaning is clear.
Etymology
Deinstitutionalization breaks into de- meaning 'remove', institution meaning a 'place or system set up to care for people', and -ization meaning 'the process of'. So, deinstitutionalization is the process of moving people out of large institutions, like psychiatric hospitals, and into care in their own communities, which explains its modern meaning.