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Central State Hospital was the first mental health institution serving people of color in the United States, but its now-dated, sprawling campus of existing buildings could no longer support recovery-based care. The new 471,000-GSF single-building facility serves… Read more »

Enhancing recovery: A new era in Ireland’s mental health services, the National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital exploits the therapeutic value of nature in a discreetly secure setting, which promotes the recovery of service-users. The 24,000m² hospital,… Read more »

Guiding Principles: A new era in Ireland’s Mental Health Services, the National Forensic Hospital exploits the therapeutic value of nature in a discreetly secure setting to support a recovery-focused service-user pathway through High Secure, Medium, Low and… Read more »

The Montpellier allotment is the perfect example of what can be achieved with some creativity, drive and determination. The allotment site has been transformed in the past 12months- led by an occupational therapist into a space that… Read more »

Over the past decade a consensus emerged in the 600+ meetings, workshops, open days, and reviews we held with the staff, carers and service users that will soon occupy the Springfield University Mental Health Hospital. A top… Read more »

In mental health facilities, a large number of inpatient suicides involve ensuites because they provide enough privacy and time between checks to create a ligature. Traditional solid bathroom doors are commonly used as a ligature point, which… Read more »

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust (GMMH) operates a large and complex building portfolio to provide mental health services across the Northwest of England. They provide mental health services to both adults and adolescents. The Moorside Unit… Read more »

In 2020 we saw the completion of Blossom Court, a mental health inpatient building we designed for Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, at St Ann’s Hospital in Tottenham. The building represents a new approach… Read more »

As we age, there is an increasing risk of falling: one in three +65 falls at least once a year. For 65+, falls are the leading cause of death by injury. People with dementia fall twice as… Read more »

Kosmos is a revolutionary new system supporting effective management of door related ligature risk in mental health environments. Research in the UK and US identified that more than 50% of all self-harm attempts including a ligature took… Read more »