21 December 2006
Presentation from Chicago Symposium
Marc Schweitzer, Senior Architect at
The Design Partnership in San Francisco has kindly sent the presention from the 'Healing Spaces for Psychiatric Care' lecture given at the Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo 2006 in Chicago.
This fascinating document offers a unique oppotunity to see current research from the US on the elements of environmental design that impact health. The document includes designs and documentation of projects in a variety of contexts including; STARS (pictured above), Alameda County Mental Health Campus and Camarillo Hospital Children's Unit.
The document is available to view
here (PDF 4Mb).
We would like to thank
Bradley Karlin Ph.D., , Psychology Service, VA Palo Alto,
Marc Schweitzer, Senior Architect, The Design Partnership and
Deborah Grizzard, Chief Nurse Mental Health Service, VA Palo Alto for allowing us to include this presentation.
Published content: Karlin, B. E., & Zeiss, R. A. (2006). Environmental and therapeutic issues in psychiatric hospital design:
Toward best practices. Psychiatric Services, 57, 1376-1378.
