@article{ref1,
title="Architectural design of a secure forensic state psychiatric hospital",
journal="Behavioral sciences and the law",
year="2002",
author="Dvoskin, Joel A. and Radomski, Steven J. and Bennett, Charles and Olin, Jonathan A. and Hawkins, Robert L. and Dotson, Linda A. and Drewnicky, Irene N.",
volume="20",
number="5",
pages="481-493",
abstract="This article describes the architectural design of a secure forensic state psychiatric hospital. The project combined input from staff at all levels of the client organization, outside consultants, and a team of experienced architects. The design team was able to create a design that maximized patient dignity and privacy on one hand, and the ability of staff to observe all patient activity on the other. The design centers around 24-bed units, broken into smaller living wings of eight beds each. Each eight-bed living wing has its own private bathrooms (two) and showers (two), as well as a small living area solely reserved for these eight patients and their guests. An indoor-outdoor dayroom allows patients to go outside whenever they choose, while allowing staff to continue observing them. The heart of the facility is a large treatment mall, designed to foster the acquisition of social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral skills that will help patients to safely return to their communities. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-3936",
doi="10.1002/bsl.506",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.506"
}