title: Redesigning and retrofitting existing facilities for behavioral healthcare.
abstract: With many states closing or consolidating in-patient behavioral healthcare units, more and more patients are being treated in emergency departments, and in hospital settings. At the same time, design and treatment standards have changed from wards and shared rooms to single-room care. This article addresses how a facilities design, smart and considerate choices, and flexibility can make a safer and more calming environment, not only for dedicated behavioral health patients, but for staff as well.
authors.affiliation: Cape Cod Healthcare, Hyannis, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Edward M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Browne
mesh_terms: D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology; D016272:Occupational Health; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control