institutionalization

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The third piece of the Cicero platform is to expand civil commitment laws, which permit the involuntary hospitalization or institutionalization of people with mental illnesses.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2025

American Civil Liberties Unions in California and League of Women Voters of California urged voters to reject the measure, arguing that community mental health services are more effective than institutionalization.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024

This in turn makes it more likely that older adults can avoid institutionalization and stay in their own homes.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2024

Her uncle took the secret of his mother’s institutionalization to his grave, Arnold said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2023

Thus the informal Torricellian network marks the effective beginning of the institutionalization of science, driven by the conviction that collaboration and exchange would lead to more rapid progress.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton