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White Papers
White papers
We reflect on our experiences to expand our skills and knowledge, inform future projects and help advance the profession. These white papers share some of that expertise.
Improving Safety and Care through Smarter Design in Secure Treatment Facilities:
Using open, softer environments to encourage behavioral change and reduce need for restraints and seclusion
Download PDF »Avera Behavioral Health Center: A 5-Year Post Occupancy Study:
Design tactics and strategies scrutinized as facility’s prominent profile, open environment succeeds in changing image of mental health care
Download PDF »Nursing Units and Communication:
Considering the Built Environment's Impact on Social Support and Job Satisfaction
Download PDF »Enhancing Mental Health Care Delivery:
Changing the image of Mental Health Care Through Design Solutions
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