The release of the mentally ill from institutions: A well-intentioned disaster. (cover story)

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      Opinion. Points to the price that the average American citizen has paid for the practice in the 20th century of releasing people with severe mental illnesses. Argument that deinstitutionalization is a perfect case study of a well-intentioned public policy gone wrong; Severe psychiatric disorders, appearing to be diseases of the brain; Recommendations.