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Institutionalization

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Definition: The caring for individuals in institutions and their adaptation to routines characteristic of the institutional environment, and/or their loss of adaptation to life outside the institution.  coord IM with type of institution (IM) if pertinent; institutionalization of mentally ill: consider also COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL   
See Also Child, Institutionalized; Deinstitutionalization; Hospitalization
Examples Deinstitutionalization 		Other names Persons, Institutionalized; Person, Institutionalized; Institutionalized Person; Institutionalizations; Institutionalized Persons

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