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Involuntary Outpatient CommitmentEssay Preview: Involuntary Outpatient CommitmentReport this essayPart OneIn 1955, over 559,000 individuals resided in inpatient psychiatric hospitals. By 1995, however, the number had drastically diminished to 69,000, (National Health Policy Forum, 2000). This drastic reduction was largely due to the discovery of antipsychotic medications in the 1950s, and the deinstitutionalization movement of the.