title: 'Therapeutic landscapes' and the importance of nostalgia, solastalgia, salvage and abandonment for psychiatric hospital design.
abstract: We examine emotional reactions to changes to medical spaces of care, linked with past experiences. In this paper we draw on findings from a qualitative study of the transfer of psychiatric inpatient care from an old to a newly built facility. We show how the meanings attributed to 'therapeutic landscapes' from one׳s past can evoke emotions and memories, manifesting in ideas about nostalgia, solastalgia, salvage and abandonment, which can impinge on one׳s present therapeutic experience. We reflect on how consideration of these ideas might contribute to better future design of psychiatric inpatient facilities and the wellbeing of those using them.
authors: Department of Geography, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK. Electronic address: victoria.wood@newcastle.ac.uk.
authors: Victoria J
authors: VJ
authors: Wood
authors: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.
authors: Wil
authors: W
authors: Gesler
authors: Department of Geography, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
authors: Sarah E
authors: SE
authors: Curtis
authors: School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Durham University, TS17 6BH, UK.
authors: Ian H
authors: IH
authors: Spencer
authors: School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Durham University, TS17 6BH, UK.
authors: Helen J
authors: HJ
authors: Close
authors: School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Durham University, TS17 6BH, UK.
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Mason
authors: School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Durham University, TS17 6BH, UK.
authors: Joe G
authors: JG
authors: Reilly
mesh_terms: D004644:Emotions; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000379:methods*; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D036301:Qualitative Research
keywords: Health geography; Nostalgia; Psychiatric hospital design; Solastalgia; Therapeutic landscapes