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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 125, No. 8

Articles | February 01, 1969

The Psychological Aspects of the Architectural Environment: A Review

WILLIAM V. GRIFFIN; JOSEPH H. MAURITZEN; JOYCE V. KASMAR

Am J Psychiatry 1969;125:1057-1062.

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Suite 301, 3808 Riverside Dr., Burbank, Calif. 91505

Staff psychiatrist with the U. S. Public Health Service, Leavenworth, Kans.

Instructor in residence, the Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California at Los Angeles

1968-69, American Psychiatric Association

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A adequately designed hospital environment is essential to the aim of humanizing psychiatric treatment and making it more effective. The authors cite studies which give some basis for recognizing an environmental influence on behavior but note that there are at present no guidelines to help the psychiatrist who would like to include "the environment" in his treatment plans. They urge interdisciplinary research and collaboration by psychiatrists, architects, and behavioral scientists to fill this gap.

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