Program and process: designing the physical space of a day hospital.
Programmatic changes in the delivery of mental health services demand a reevaluation of the space devoted to those services. A growing body of mental health literature has been reported concerning the need to involve multidisciplinary teams in the design of mental health facilities. The development of Day Hospitalization Units offers a team the professional challenge of dealing with the physical environment. The following case study describes a given physical space and the process of change therein; based on this study and other relevant examples, we will discuss the relationship between physical space and the process of change.
Gutkowski
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Organizational Psychology Unit, Talbieh Mental Health Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Guttmann
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D001108:Architecture; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012931:Social Environment