Behavioral & Mental Health Facilities Design
Behavioral and mental health is on a spectrum of varying severity and patient needs, and we are uniquely positioned to design facilities across that continuum, understanding design's purpose and priority at each step.
The Design Guide is available free of cost via download as a service to the industry in an attempt to provide current information regarding products and philosophies that we feel are better for use in psychiatric hospitals and behavioral health facilities .
Behavioral Health Design Guide
Baseline, or fundamental, requirements for designing behavioral health facilities appear in the FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction documents. The Design Guide provides much more detail and best practices for protecting patients and staff as identified through the authors' years of practice in the field.
The Behavioral Health Design Guide ( Design Guide) addresses the built environment for adult inpatient behavioral health care units and the evolving Design Guide was moved from its former home with the Facilities Guidelines Institute or FGI to its present home on the Behavioral Health Facility Consulting, LLC (BHFC) website, www.bhfcllc.com in 2018.
PDF Behavioral Health Design Guide
Behavioral Health Design Guide Edition 7.4 November 2018 2018 Behavioral Health Facility Consulting, LLC In an effort to keep up with the rapid increase in the number of products available for use in behavioral health facilities , this document will be updated frequently.
KMD's design philosophy remains ahead of the curve and is aligned with new methodologies for mental health care delivery. Smaller community-based facilities , with an emphasis on therapy and counseling and shorter patient stays have replaced large state-run institutions employing behavior modification and rehabilitation.
Designing Behavioral Health Spaces
Responding to a fast growing need for behavioral health services, designers are incorporating comfortable, calming spaces, patient control, and outdoor areas for these new and renovated facilities .
The Behavioral Health Design Guide9 is updated frequently to keep pace with new knowledge about patient safety and new products for use in behavioral health facilities .
Behavioral Health Facility Design
Behavioral Health Facility Design : Begin By Balancing Safety, Dignity, and Therapeutic Outcomes This first article in a series explores the primary aspects of designing behavioral health facilities , emphasizing safety, patient experience, and modern treatment methods.
At BHFC Design Consulting, we are committed to improving the built environment for mental + behavioral health patients and the staff that assist them by providing behavioral health facility consulting services.