A Study on the Architectural Planning of the Ward in Mental Hospital (II) -focused on the Composition of the Nurse Unit-

우리 나라 정신병원 병동부에 관한 건축계획적 연구 (II) -간호유닛의 구성을 중심으로-

Even though the interest to the mental hospital is recently increased, the mental hospitals are not well developed due to the pending arrangement of the concept of returning to the society and the system of local communities. Also, the hospitalism due to the isolation of patients and the long term stay in hospitals has become an issue. Despite the present circumstances, the prototype of mental health care in many field are investigated and progressively fixed. This study attempts to examine the current status of domestic and foreign mental institution and to establish the design guideline of the wards of the mental hospitals.