The ruling gave momentum to the deinstitutionalization movement in the United States , resulting in the shutting down of many psychiatric hospitals as patients were released to the streets , and has been blamed for causing widespread homelessness in the United States among other problems .
The ruling gave momentum to the deinstitutionalization movement in the United States , resulting in the shutting down of many psychiatric hospitals as patients were released to the streets . 
 Deinstitutionalisation has been blamed for causing widespread homelessness in the United States among other problems .