 With the discovery of psychotropic drugs in the 1950s, the push for getting rid of restraints, community-based services and the establishment of Mental Health Centers in the 1960s, the massive asylum census continued its decline.Today, the average daily census is approximately 44 patients as the emphasis for community-based services increases and lengths of stay shorten due to medical advances and psychosocial rehabilitation.Cherokee Mental Health Institute (CMHI) is one of 11 programs at the "Cherokee Regional Resource Center," a campus under the direction of the Iowa Department of Human Services.