Biomedical subjects

F Guttmann

Publications and source records attributed to F Guttmann.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1996

Changes in attitudes of medical students towards psychiatry: an evaluation of a clerkship in psychiatry.

The attitudes to psychiatry of medical students before and after their clinical rotation in psychiatry were assessed during the course of the academic year 1989-1990 by a questionnaire administered before and after the clerkship. Analysis of the data indicated that although there was no major shift in attitudes, the clerkship did succeed in improving clinical skills such as the capability for a better understanding of patients and the improvement of doctor-patient relations, as well as giving the student a more realistic approach to the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of mentally ill patients.

Adult↗

PubMed1992

Improving psychiatric environments through minimal architectural change.

Minimal architectural changes in a treatment environment can lead to significant improvements in how the setting functions, with positive effects for staff, patients, and families. When a mental health center located in an antiquated hospital in Jerusalem added five additional entrances, the change improved accessibility, increased the sense of freedom, and helped define the identity of the units. Other therapeutic effects were obtained from minimal modifications in a day hospital unit, including brightening paint and changing lighting, reopening a separate stairway for use by patients not enrolled in the day unit, and defining separate living, dining, and personal-expression areas within the common room. The authors note that cooperation between the disciplines of architecture and psychiatry is essential and that the idea of change as a continuous process should be incorporated into an organization's culture.

Architecture↗

PubMed1992

Program and process: designing the physical space of a day hospital.

Programmatic changes in the delivery of mental health services demand a reevaluation of the space devoted to those services. A growing body of mental health literature has been reported concerning the need to involve multidisciplinary teams in the design of mental health facilities. The development of Day Hospitalization Units offers a team the professional challenge of dealing with the physical environment. The following case study describes a given physical space and the process of change therein; based on this study and other relevant examples, we will discuss the relationship between physical space and the process of change.

Architecture↗