ARQUITETURA DA SAÚDE: A RELAÇÃO DA ARQUITETURA COM OS TRATAMENTOS PSIQUIÁTRICOS BRASILEIROS

Abstract

The present work briefly portrays the history of brazilian psychiatry, from the construction of Hospice Dom Pedro II, in 1846, to the present day, as a historical basis for understanding the importance of having psychiatric wards in general hospitals, in order to avoid stigmatization of patients. The work connect to architecture through the study of the humanization of environments and their psychological effects that could help patients' treatments, as well as presenting ways in which architecture can act to preserve the health of work teams in the hospital environment. Developed on research into norms, laws, author interviews and bibliographies, it presents the environment-individual relationship through examples and concise explanations, in which the importance of a well-designed environment for human physical and mental health can be proven, having direct power , and indirect, to affect the emotions of those present in the environment. Its fundamental objective is the expansion project for Hospital Margarida, in João Monlevade-MG, through the creation of a psychiatric ward