When: March 10, 2025

Time: 10:00am Eastern

Where: PDC Summit, Atlanta, Georgia United States

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The Center for Health Design is the Strategic Educational Collaborator and a Supporting Organization for the annual PDC Summit.

At the 2025 PDC Summit The Center will produce and present a pre-conference evidence-based design workshop and a 24-session educational track – Research, Design and Outcomes – featuring recent work from The Center’s research team; Aging, Behavioral Health, Pediatric and Built Environment Networks; the HERD Journal, AAHID and other familiar and new healthcare design industry leaders.

You’ll find these sessions here on the PDC Summit website – click on the Category drop-down menu and select The Center for Health Design Sessions.

RESEARCH, DESIGN & OUTCOMES | 2025 PDC SUMMIT

One in five US adults are affected by mental illness each year, and the demand for mental health services has only increased due to the pandemic, often creating strains on healthcare organizations.

Capacity limitations coupled with staffing shortages, and reimbursement/financial challenges highlight the need for safer and more effective facilities.

This presentation is brought to you by The Center for Health Design’s Behavioral & Mental Health Design Network (BMH-EN) — a multi-disciplinary group of senior executives in behavioral and mental health organizations, architecture and design leaders, and product and service industries with the primary goal of improving behavioral and mental health care environments.

This session provides a collective glimpse into the top challenges and future opportunities for behavioral and mental health organizations that this group has been addressing. These thought leaders will share insights gleaned from their collaborative, content-packed innovation sessions, site visits, and collective experiences. They’ll share the critical issues facing today’s behavioral and mental health providers and describe what innovative solutions they are seeing both nationally and internationally.

Exclusive Offer for All Affiliate Members

All Center Affiliate members receive exclusive, discounted ASHE member pricing. Contact us for discount code and more information.

Learning Objectives

Describe top of mind issues for today’s behavioral and mental health environments and their implications for design interventions.
Understand the compelling reasons that behavioral and mental health facilities are different from other health care facilities and the implications for design decisions.
Identify emerging opportunities, strategies, and innovations that will help behavioral and mental health environments keep pace with ever changing demands.
Understand the unique needs of behavioral and mental health patients and their families, and how design decisions must be tailored to meet those needs.