Description

A report on the Discrete Mental Retardation Units (DMRUs), located on the grounds of State psychiatric centers and staffed by developmental centers. Though initially failures at providing appropriate care to persons inappropriately retained at psychiatric centers, over a three-year period DMRUs overcame many of the problems associated with their inauspicious beginnings. While significant progress has been noted at the six downstate locations, the Commission report chronicles three years of monitoring and recommended specific continued action to ensure a uniformly high caliber of care.