'Therapeutic landscapes' and the importance of nostalgia, solastalgia, salvage and abandonment for psychiatric hospital design

Wood, V.J.; Gesley, W.; Curtis, S.E.; Spencer, I.H.; Close, H.J.; Mason, J.; Reilly, J.G.

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.02.010

'Therapeutic landscapes' and the importance of nostalgia, solastalgia, salvage and abandonment for psychiatric hospital design

Wood, V.J.; Gesley, W.; Curtis, S.E.; Spencer, I.H.; Close, H.J.; Mason, J.; Reilly, J.G.

Authors

V.J. Wood

W. Gesley

Professor Sarah Curtis s.e.curtis@durham.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor

I.H. Spencer

H.J. Close

J. Mason

J.G. Reilly

Abstract

We examine emotional reactions to changes to medical spaces of care, linked with past experiences. In this paper we draw on findings from a qualitative study of the transfer of psychiatric inpatient care from an old to a newly built facility. We show how the meanings attributed to ‘therapeutic landscapes’ from one׳s past can evoke emotions and memories, manifesting in ideas about nostalgia, solastalgia, salvage and abandonment, which can impinge on one׳s present therapeutic experience. We reflect on how consideration of these ideas might contribute to better future design of psychiatric inpatient facilities and the wellbeing of those using them.

Citation

Wood, V., Gesley, W., Curtis, S., Spencer, I., Close, H., Mason, J., & Reilly, J. (2015). 'Therapeutic landscapes' and the importance of nostalgia, solastalgia, salvage and abandonment for psychiatric hospital design. Health & Place, 33, 83-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.02.010

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Feb 20, 2015
Publication Date	May 1, 2015
Deposit Date	Mar 19, 2015
Publicly Available Date	Sep 19, 2016
Journal	Health & Place
Print ISSN	1353-8292
Publisher	Elsevier
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	33
Pages	83-89
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.02.010
Keywords	Therapeutic landscapes, Health geography, Nostalgia, Solastalgia, Psychiatric hospital design.

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