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By the early 1950s…Spending on mental hospitals increases 100 percentMental hospital employee rises from 79,740 to more than 100,000Shift in the philosophy governing most mental hospitals away fromcustodial care to intensive tre<strong>at</strong>ment and releasebeginning of “de-institutionaliz<strong>at</strong>ion” in the United St<strong>at</strong>esStill over 500,000 institutionalized people in the US1949: The New York St<strong>at</strong>e Mental Health Commission was formed.1949: The St<strong>at</strong>e mental health system included 27 facilities, and the st<strong>at</strong>e'sinp<strong>at</strong>ient census was the largest in the n<strong>at</strong>ion.1955: New York’s inp<strong>at</strong>ient popul<strong>at</strong>ion peaked <strong>at</strong> 93,600Council of St<strong>at</strong>e Governors – mid-1950s
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