deinstitutionalized

The only upside to this that I can see, is that in the wake of the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill in the 1980's, those individuals who were deinstitutionalized at least seem to have found gainful employment in NYC politics.

In the transgender vanguard. Ann Althouse 2006

The nicest, Chamber of Commerce sort of thing to say was probably that the area was a sea of petty felons and deinstitutionalized insane homeless wandering against the backdrop of a titanic clash of three hostile power blocs struggling for control of the blasted streets.

High School Confidential Jeremy Iversen 2006

This has happened two or three times before, where she calls all my friends fearing that I'm either lying unconscious on my bed holding an empty bottle of quaaludes or being held prisoner in the cellar of some deinstitutionalized psychotic who has a thing for hyperactive white chicks.

kinaesthesia Diary Entry kinaesthesia 2001

By the mid-1970s, the failure to address that issue was becoming apparent as deinstitutionalized patients were becoming more visible.

The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994

By the mid-1970s, the failure to address that issue was becoming apparent as deinstitutionalized patients were becoming more visible.

The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994

Citizens bumble past the plywooded remains of the mall in the stilted, balance-upset walk of old people trying Walkmans for the first time, their eyes blank and deinstitutionalized.

Shampoo Planet Coupland, Douglas 1992

Even though work norm training cannot, at present, be carried out successfully with former felons, and is very difficult with the deinstitutionalized, it can be done with minority students.

Jobs and Blacks Margulies, Stuart 1983

Essentially the Commonwealth must be looked upon now in the 1960's as an informal and largely deinstitutionalized association among countries of various races and continents.

The Commonwealth: White Man's Burden or Blind Man's Bluff? 1965

The notion that elder care should be deinstitutionalized is a popular one.

The Seattle Times 2011

It's just one example of how Penick Village is moving toward a more deinstitutionalized living experience for all their residents.

thepilot.com stories 2010