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• In 2006 Jan was asked to co-design a state-of-the-art mental health facility for a government health service. Disappointed that little was known about the environmental needs for patients with psychiatric vulnerabilities, he returned to do an M.Arch...More

  In 2006 Jan was asked to co-design a state-of-the-art mental health facility for a government health service. Disappointed that little was known about the environmental needs for patients with psychiatric vulnerabilities, he returned to do an M.Arch degree in design for mental health and a PhD in the environmental factors of psychosis. He has a number of publications including an architectural guide to building in the aftermath of tsunamis and other natural disasters, another dealing with practical approaches to design for psychiatric care, and another on a salutogenic (health-supporting) method for decision making in emergency situations. Other papers on the neuroscience of perception are in review. Jan is a leading researcher in the environmental factors that erode or contribute to good mental health outcomes. Less

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