esidential treatment. Rouse V. Cameron (1966) established the right to either be provided adequate and appropriate treatment or to be released from a psychiatric facility. Lake V. Cameron (1966) established the right to be treated in a least restrictive setting. Morales V. Turman (1974) established the right of treatment for children; federal court also warned that placing a child in a structured environment does not constitute adequate treatment. In 1980, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act, Public Law 96-272, required states to make reasonable efforts to keep families together. In 1989, the Mental Health Act, 99-660, as amended by PL 101-639, increased the involvement of community health in child welfare. Thus reform schools began to close in favor of group homes; children began to be treated in family-like settings. There was a shift in the types of children referred to residential treatment; rather than a refuge for orphans, it became a placement of l
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