Background:The provision of supportive environments is essential in clinical and environmental psychology. Mental health disorders are a major issue, and the experience of being at a mental health facility is affected by numerous factors related to the building’s design.Aim:The aim of this study is to explore the expectations of a mental health facility planning group regarding the potential impact of a supportive design on patients’ mental health and staff’s therapeutic practices when planning and designing a new mental health facility.Methods:The new mental health facility is a case study and data were collected through qualitative in-depth interviews with nine participants and analyzed using a thematic analysis. The participants came from a mental health facility planning group in a new mental health facility in Norway.Results:The overall expectation of the new building was related to a future orientation to support patients’ mental health and therapeutic practices. Three main themes were identified: toward a future orientation, supportive building design, and work environment.Conclusions:Supportive environments are expected to influence patients’ mental health and staff’s therapeutic practices, including providing options for novel treatment needs in contrast to older and more outdated buildings that are perceived as hindering appropriate treatment conditions.

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面向未来：支持性心理健康设施环境

背景：提供支持性环境对于临床和环境心理学至关重要。精神健康障碍是一个主要问题，在精神卫生机构的体验受到与建筑设计相关的众多因素的影响。 目的：本研究的目的是探讨精神卫生机构规划小组对精神卫生机构的期望在规划和设计新的精神卫生设施时，支持性设计对患者心理健康和工作人员的治疗实践的潜在影响。方法：新的精神卫生设施是一个案例研究，通过对九名参与者进行定性深入访谈来收集数据采用主题分析法进行分析。参与者来自挪威一个新的精神卫生机构的精神卫生机构规划小组。结果：对新建筑的总体期望与支持患者心理健康和治疗实践的未来方向相关。确定了三个主题：面向未来的方向、支持性建筑设计和工作环境。结论：支持性环境预计会影响患者的心理健康和工作人员的治疗实践，包括为新的治疗需求提供与较旧和过时的治疗需求不同的选择被认为妨碍适当处理条件的建筑物。