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Alberta Health Services Understanding Co-Design Last revised: January 2020 As part of this work, the Design Lab team interviewed multiple families to develop an understanding of their addiction and mental health journeys from their lived experience. A journey map, which new families starting their journey have found to be a very
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This summary provides an overview of the recent amendments to the Mental Health Act (MHA): Changes to definitions and introductions of new definitions that impact criteria for Formal Patient Certification and Community Treatment Orders (CTO)
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Mar 12, 2020 · In this Personal View, we argue that the design of mental health services needs to extend across disciplinary boundaries to integrate evidence-informed practice across individual, interpersonal, and community levels.
- Stephanie Liddicoat, Paul Badcock, Eoin Killackey
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Drawing on research into the delivery of mental health services and best-practice approaches to their architectural design, we outline a holistic conceptual model for designing mental health services that enhance treatment outcomes and experiences, provide benefits to families and the community, and promote community resilience.
Feb 22, 2024 · This systematic literature review synthesizes and assesses empirical research concerning the use of the built environment as a therapeutic intervention in adult mental health inpatient facilities. The review explores the impact of facility design on patient outcomes.
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To help address this gap, we present evidence that highlights the pivotal role of evidence-based architectural design in service users' experience of mental health services. We propose six important design principles to enhance the care of mental health service users.
