The Psychological Aspects of the Architectural Environment: A Review
WILLIAM V. GRIFFIN M.D.1,
JOSEPH H. MAURITZEN M.D.2, , and
JOYCE V. KASMAR PH.D.3
1 Suite 301, 3808 Riverside Dr., Burbank, Calif. 91505
2 Staff psychiatrist with the U. S. Public Health Service, Leavenworth, Kans.
3 Instructor in residence, the Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California at Los Angeles
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.
