Investigating the Spatial Efficacy of Healthcare Facilities Dedicated to the Care of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Patients in Sri Lankan Military Hospitals

Abstract

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been identified as one of the most commonly occurring mental illnesses in combatants. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among war veterans in the Sri Lankan military hospitals. In accord, the following research presented seeks to increase the awareness of this condition among those war casualties so that appropriate treatment choices could be made to address them hoping to come into conclusion of design considerations in order to create rehabilitation centre for those combatants of war. In the current condition, the form of care-giving for patients suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is done in wards at conventional military hospitals. But, there lies a need to pay greater attention to the extant literature regarding the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of various interventions regarding on tackling PTSD. This study reviews a far greater area regarding PTSD, veterans, interventions, treatment, counselling, job training and medication. This assist to Increase the awareness of the existing state of information which could be lead for better targeting of resources and better health outcomes. Particularly, the aim focuses on the possibility of creating a humanizing design framework that may entirely contribute to the healing process for the soldiers suffering from PTSD. Research case studies were conducted on three Military hospitals in Sri Lanka which were chosen and analysed to draw into conclusions. Case studies are analysed in terms of their architecture, planning and environmental engineering. The findings are a phenomenon of some kind, which emerges in a limited context and determined in social, architectural terms.