Design for mental and behavioral health / Mardelle McCuskey Shepley and Samira Pasha.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shepley, Mardelle McCuskey, author.

Pasha, Samira, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health facilities--Design and construction.

Health facilities.

Mental health services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations (some color), graphs, photographs

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

"Studies confirm that the physical environment influences health outcomes, emotional state, preference, satisfaction and orientation, but very little research has focused on mental and behavioural health settings. This book summarizes design principles and design research for individuals who are intending to design new mental and behavioural health facilities and those wishing to evaluate the quality of their existing facilities. The authors discuss mental and behavioural health systems, design guidelines, design research and existing standards, and provide examples of best practice. As behavioural and mental health populations vary in their needs, the primary focus is limited to environments that support acute care, outpatient and emergency care, residential care, veterans, pediatric patients, and the treatment of chemical dependency"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Mental and behavioral health history and context

2. General design considerations

3. Outpatient facilities

4. Emergency psychiatric facilities

5. Substance use disorder treatment settings

6. Mental health facilities for veterans of war

7. Child and adolescent psychiatric care

8. Mental and behavioral health community residential settings

9. The role of the physical environment in mental and behavioral health research

10. Guidelines

11. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 02, 2020)

ISBN:

9781317296447

1317296443

9781315646916

1315646919

9781317296430

1317296435

9781138126350

1138126357

OCLC:

995528888