Homelessness and De-Institutionalization

The nation faces a social problem caused by the discharge of chronic mentally ill patients to the community through a process known as deinstitutionalization. Frequently hcmeless, these individuals require many community supports and have aroused public sentiment. A review of current literature is used to validate these observations. The University of Connecticut has initiated a practicn training project to educate case managers in serving the hcmeless mentally ill. From an historical perspective, this study outlines the evolution of deinstitutionalization and the identification of treatment models applied to this process