R05-How the Clinical, Regulatory, and Built Environment will Shape the Future of Behavioral Health
- Room: 302A
- Session Number:R05
Sunday, October 09, 2022: 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Description
It has been reported by the CDC that 40% of Americans are struggling with mental health and substance abuse issues since March 2020. This phenomenon has resulted in a second curve that needs flattening—a global behavioral health crisis—creating another public health emergency. What role will the built environment play in helping mitigate this crisis? What does the future of mental health design look like? In this roundtable discussion panelists will bring awareness to this issue and start a multidisciplinary conversation to holistically view this crisis and its impacts from all angles, to propel change and forge a new future in behavioral health.
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Learning Objectives
• Develop an understanding of the mental health crisis and the role of the built environment in mitigating the crisis
• Discover the most important design considerations in mental health that leads to patient empowerment and healing.
• Discern how technology (including telehealth) will impact the design for mental health spaces and the associated benefits and pitfalls of such an approach in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Discuss the future trajectory and emerging topics in mental health design including achieving equity in access to behavioral health care.
