Behavioral health lighting pays special care and attention to the prevention of self-inflicted harm or harm to the caregivers or other patients. Behavioral health is the scientific study of how emotions, behaviors and biology affect physical and mental health. Behavioral health disorders involve a pattern of ongoing uncooperative, hostile, aggressive, or disruptive behaviors that include violence, self-mutilation, and criminal activities like destroying property. Behavioral healthcare facilities are designed to address the therapeutic and safety needs of patients and staff, to meet the applicable codes and regulations, and to appear comfortable, attractive, relaxing and as residential in character as possible. The mindset needed for designing light fixtures installed in these facilities means thinking of products as potential tools for self-harm or as potential weapons that could harm others. Mitigating risk in the built environment boils down to removing ligature points, making the fixtures tamper-resistant, and providing durable and impact-resistant products.
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