Mental and Behavioral Health Environments: Critical Considerations for Facility Design

There has been an increase in the number of mental and behavioral health (MBH) facilities built and renovated in the last few years; however, research has not kept pace with the design process. Currently, little is known about facility design in MBH settings, and appropriate policies and standards of best practice have yet to be established. The emergent use of evidence-based design (EBD) strategies in healthcare settings has opened the door for dialogue and research.

Source: General Hospital Psychiatry - June 25, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, Angela Watson, Francis Pitts, Anne Garrity, Elizabeth Spelman, Janhawi Kelkar, Andrea Fronsman Source Type: research