Housing for People with Severe Mental Illness
Higher quality environments promote more social interaction
Higher quality environments promote more social interaction
The US Department of Veterans Affairs reports that it has linked architectural/interior design consistent with the recommendations embedded in its Mental Health Environment of Care Checklist to fewer suicides by inpatients in its mental health units.
A study to be published in Translational Psychiatry provides additional information about the sensory experiences of people with schizophrenia.
Two important resources to review
Psychological challenges, such as autism, ADHD, depression, and schizophrenia complicate the lives of people with these conditions. Design can make it more likely that they achieve their life objectives.
Psychopharmacology matters!
Appropriate housing supports the wellbeing of the mentally ill
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.
Depressed, schizophrenic, and autistic people experience the world in particular ways.
While participating in a panel discussion (titled: Psychiatric Facility Design: An International Tour) at the Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo on September 15, Fiona de Vos, PhD, discussed the findings of a post-occupancy evaluation she conducted of an inpatient psychiatric hospital in the Netherlands.