La influencia del entorno arquitectónico para el mejoramiento ante un problema de salud mental en Clínica Nuestra Señora de la Paz

Abstract

Due to poverty, abuse of psychoactive substances, domestic violence, among others, mental health is really affected in Colombia. In Bogotá, for example, the adult population between 60 and 69 years old is the most vulnerable to suffering from some disorder (233,469 people), women between 18 and 69 years old suffer mainly from depressive disorder (320,287 people), etc. These people are usually treated through therapies and medications, however, through a recent research approach called Neuroarchitecture, it has been shown that the environment is central when talking about the improvement of a patient. This approach consists in the idea that the habitable space of a subject with some disorder has an enormous relationship with its improvement or deterioration. Therefore, a facility is proposed to serve as an extension of the Nuestra Señora de la Paz Clinic, applying the main elements of Neuroarchitecture.