Word: salpãªtriã
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...John Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Centers Act. Almost two centuries before, Philippe Pinel had struck the chains from the inmates of the Salpêtri??re asylum in Paris; Kennedy unlocked the doors. What had until then been therapy--getting people out of the hospital and back to their community--became policy. Twenty years ago, almost half a million patients were in state mental hospitals. Three-quarters are now gone...
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