Good design benefits health and well-being. This is especially true when it comes to improving the lives of those with mental and behavioral health issues.
Mental illness affects more than one in five U.S. adults, with significant implications for healthcare and other community systems. Its impact on the healthcare and justice systems is particularly acute. Nearly one in eight patients arrive at emergency rooms for mental health treatment. Up to 60% of incarcerated individuals live with a mental health disorder.
HOK’s behavioral health design team creates safe, nurturing spaces for behavioral health hospitals, treatment centers and other mental healthcare settings. Guided by evidence-based and trauma-informed design principles, our environments incorporate therapeutic elements such as daylighting, natural materials, warm palettes and access to the outdoors that put people at ease and make them more receptive to treatment and therapy.
The results are award-winning spaces recognized for placing people’s health and well-being above all else.
