Factors Influencng the Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill: A Review and Analysis

摘要

To accomplish this overall project goal, the research effort was implemented in two distinct, but related, phases. The second phase of this project focused on the development of a descriptive model and recommendations for a research agenda. The conceptual framework was developed in view of the information data base generated in Phase I. Once developed, the framework provided the basis for a proposed program of research to fill the knowledge and data gaps that currently exist with respect to the deinstitutionalization of the chronic mentally ill. In view of the overall contract goal, this research effort was divided into five work tasks: (1) review of published literature; (2) review of ongoing research efforts; (3) identification and review of existing data bases; (4) development of a conceptual framework; and (5) recommendations for a research agenda. The specific objective of each of these five tasks, the methodologies employed, and the relationship among tasks are discussed in the remainder of this section.