Wood, Victoria J., Gesler, Wil, Curtis, Sarah E., Spencer, Ian H., Close, Helen J., Mason, James and Reilly, Joe G. (2015) 'Therapeutic landscapes' and the importance of nostalgia, solastalgia, salvage and abandonment for psychiatric hospital design. Health & Place, 33 . pp. 83-9. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.02.010 ISSN 1353-8292.

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Abstract

We examine emotional reactions to changes to medical spaces of care, linked with past experiences. In this paper we draw on findings from a qualitative study of the transfer of psychiatric inpatient care from an old to a newly built facility. We show how the meanings attributed to 'therapeutic landscapes' from one׳s past can evoke emotions and memories, manifesting in ideas about nostalgia, solastalgia, salvage and abandonment, which can impinge on one׳s present therapeutic experience. We reflect on how consideration of these ideas might contribute to better future design of psychiatric inpatient facilities and the wellbeing of those using them.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Journal or Publication Title:	Health & Place
Publisher:	Pergamon
ISSN:	1353-8292
Official Date:	May 2015
Dates:	Date Event May 2015 Published 20 February 2015 Accepted
Volume:	33
Page Range:	pp. 83-9
DOI:	10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.02.010
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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