ABSTRACT
The compendium of patterns consists of 74 salutogenically based issues centered on inpatient and outpatient healthcare environments. Building information modeling applications in healthcare facility planning and design can be effective in minimizing construction waste materials and can significantly improve the eco-humanist quotient. The adoption of emerging low-tech construction methods merits careful consideration in the design and construction of mental health and related facilities. The public realm of a treatment facility and its grounds possesses considerable therapeutic potential, and a design strategy maximizing transparency can be effective, both aesthetically and psychologically, if it does not compromise personal privacy. Attention restoration theory (ART) is but one theoretical perspective that can guide this process, as ART places priority on emphasizing the affordances of therapeutic design. The total security system should be a primary consideration from the earliest phases in design in order to avoid unsightly interventions having to be installed later.
