AMA Journal of Ethics^®

This commentary examines prevention policies that overly rely on liberty restrictions imposed by designs of inpatient psychiatric units’ structures and spaces.

Inpatient psychiatric units are designed around the twin aims of treatment and containment, but emotional norms and tone also contribute to care environments.

Patients’ vulnerabilities and conditions can be exacerbated when they feel bored.

Examining modern design trends in historical context is more clinically and ethically important than ever.

This series of digital drawings considers how design influences patients’ experiences.

Therapeutic security in inpatient psychiatric settings requires careful planning and implementation if it is to support both patients’ safety and dignity.

This article canvasses extant literature on values, evidence, and standards for inpatient psychiatry units’ design.

This theme issue investigates What should a psychiatric care site look like?

Consumption and trade of wild animals present major zoonotic disease transmission risks.

Bats are diverse mammals, globally distributed and ecologically critical, yet some carry disease agents that have severe consequences for human health.