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CONTENTS PAGE
NO.
ABSTRACT 1
INDEX 2
LIST OF FIGURES 4
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF SYMBOLS
CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCTION 5
1.1-PROBLEM STATEMENT/NEED OF STUDY 6
1.2-AIM 9
1.3-OBJECTIVE 9
1.4-SCOPE OF THE PROJECT 10
1.5-LIMITATIONS 10
1.6-FRAME AND METHODOLOGY 10

CHAPTER-2 UNDERSTANDING DEPRESSION, 11

HISTORY, BACKGROUND AND THESIS
PROPOSITION
2.1- UNDERSTANDING DEPRESSION 12
2.2- BACKGROUND (TIMELINE) 13
2.3- EARLY APPROACHES TO THE MENTAL 15
HEALTHCARE
2.3.1-THE GREEK PERIOD 15
2.3.2-THE MIDDLE AGES 16
2.3.3-THE RENIASSANCE 16
2.3.4-THE 19th CENTURY 17
2.4 INITIAL STEPS TOWARDS CURE 19
2.5 DEPRESSION IN INDIA 22
2.6 REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC 26
STIMULATION (rTMS)
2.6.1 RTMS 26
2.6.2 WHAT HAPPENS IN AN RTMS TREATMENT? 26
2.6.3 ARE THERE ANY RISK ASSOCIATED WITH RTMS? 26
2.6.4 ADVANTAGES OF RTMS 26
2.7 UNDERSTANDING DE-ADDICTION 27
2.7.1 WHAT IS DRUG ABUSE? HOW IS IT HARMFUL? 27
2.7.2 EFFECTS OF DRUG-ABUSE 28
2.7.3 DRUG ABUSE IN THE COUNTRY 29
2.7.4 TREATMENTS AND THERAPIES 31
2.8 PATIENT FEELING FOR DEPRESSION 32
2.9 DEPRESSION AND QUALITY OF LIFE 33
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2.10-THESIS PROPOSITION 34

CHAPTER-3 HEALING SPACES ARCHITECTURE 37

3.1 HAPPINESS DEFINATION 38
3.1.1 SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS 38
3.1.2 CURRENT RESEARCH AND STUDIES
39
3.1.3 THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON HAPPINESS AT WORK
39
3.2 HEALING ARCHITECTURE
3.3 ARCHITECTURAL SPACE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL 40
FEELINGS 41
3.3.1- ARCHITECTURAL SPACE AFFECTS THE
PSYCHOLOGICAL FEELINGS 42
3.3.2. CHANGE OF SPACE AFFECTS THE PSYCHOLOGICAL
CHANGE 43
3.4 SOUND THERAPY
3.5 COLOR THERAPY 44
45
CHAPTER-4 CASE STUDIES AND INFERENCES 47
4.1 ALPHA HEALING CENTRE, VADODARA, GUJARAT 48
4.2 CENTRE FOR PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION, 50
SPAIN
4.3 COMPARITIVE ANALYSIS 54

CHAPTER-5 SITE STUDY 58

5.1 SELECTION OF THE SITE 59
5.2 WHY SITE AT VISHAKHAPATNAM? 60
5.3 CONNECTIVITY 61

CHAPTER 6- CONCLUSION 63
REFERENCES 64

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