Architecture Indoor Environment as a Healing Factor of Depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder

Gabriela Szántová; Monika Rychtárikova

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.824.210

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Architecture Indoor Environment as a Healing Factor of Depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder

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The number of patients in psychiatric facilities in Slovakia is increasing. Internal environment and appropriate architectural design of the building interior largely affects the health status and course of treatment of patients with psychiatric diagnoses such as depression and seasonal affective disorder. Specialized residential care facilities in Slovakia are often in poor technical conditions and internal environment often does not support therapeutic process, while in some cases it might work even contradictory. Consequence of the absence of standards or/and design guidelines for psychiatric hospitals is visible renovation of existing buildings, as well as in the construction of new facilities. In the process of preparation of architectural guidelines it is essential to summarize the findings of the doctors and other related professionals working in mentioned environments and based on their incentives to specify requirements the architectural or technical design of the space for the psychiatric patients. This article summarizes results based on interviews in five psychiatric clinics in Slovakia and Czech Republic.

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Depression, Indoor Environment, Psychiatric Hospital, Seasonal Affective Disorder

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