institutionalization

institutionalization
n.
a condition produced by long-term residence in an unstimulating impersonal institution (such as some residential care homes and orphanages). The individual adapts to the behaviour characteristic of the institution to such an extent that he is handicapped in other environments. The features often include apathy, dependence, and a lack of personal responsibility. Some symptoms, such as stereotypy, are commoner in the institutionalized.

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in·sti·tu·tion·al·iza·tion (in-stĭ-too″shən-əl-ĭ-zaґshən) 1. commitment of a patient to a health care facility for treatment, often psychiatric. 2. in patients hospitalized for a long period, the development of excessive dependency on the institution and its routines, with diminishing of the will to function independently.

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