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The Psychological Aspects of the Architectural Environment: A Review

WILLIAM V. GRIFFIN, JOSEPH H. MAURITZEN, and JOYCE V. KASMARAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 125, Number 8

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.8.1057

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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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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 125 • Number 8 • February 1969

Pages: 1057 - 1062

PubMed: 4893839

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Published in print: February 1969

Published online: 1 April 2006

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WILLIAM V. GRIFFIN

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JOSEPH H. MAURITZEN

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JOYCE V. KASMAR

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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

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The Psychological Aspects of the Architectural Environment: A Review

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