In reality, no pseudo patients were admitted. Institutions help establish and maintain social order . Institutions act as norms. Institutions tend to support the ideology of a society. A. Institutions vs. Organization Institutions can be organization, but they are different from organizations.
Public education is an institution.
El Paso Community college is an organization. GM is an organization. Often one hears mental hospitals or prisons called institutions. One hears of people being institutionalized. The specific hospital is not an institution, speaking sociologically.