Regarding the success of deinstitutionalization, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Although high quality care is available in almost every community, a lack of money prevents large numbers of people from getting the help they need.
b. For every mentally ill American in a hospital, three are trapped in the criminal justice system.
c. In the last 60 years, the population in large mental hospitals has increased by one-third.
d. Patients who trade hospitalization for unemployment, homelessness, and social isolation all too often end up rehospitalized, in jail, or even as suicides.
ANSWER: c
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