Therapists and Patients Agree About Offices (03-09-12)
Devlin and Nasar continue their important and innovative research on the design of therapists’ offices.
Devlin and Nasar continue their important and innovative research on the design of therapists’ offices.
Several recent studies have clarified how space can be used to meet individual patient and caregiver needs.
What does office personalization imply to a patient? How do different user groups view hospital pediatric settings?
Displaying certain types of art reduces medication for agitation.
Nanda (American Art Resources) and colleagues Eisen (Texas Christian University) and Owen (East Alabama Medical Center) have investigated the relationship between art viewed by psychiatric patents and their medication use.
The general therapeutic value of visual art is well documented in the scientific literature and in earlier entries of this blog.
Healthcare design needs for adolescents, elders and everyone inbetween.
Ecotherapy is a form of clinical psychology that focuses on “circles of mutual healing between the human mind and the natural world from which it evolved. "
Designers have recognized the significant influences of national culture on place/object experience, and have begun to focus on customizing place/object offerings accordingly.
Spaces communicate nonverbally – we’ve known that for some time – but sometimes there’s debate about exactly what they're saying.