Kathleen Anne Connellan is a creative therapist.

Clemence Due is senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Adelaide.

Damien W. Riggs is professor in psychology at Flinders University and Australian Research Council future fellow.

Clare Bartholomaeus is research fellow in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne and adjunct research fellow in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work at Flinders University.

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: An Overview of Psychiatric Mother-Baby Unit Research

Chapter 3: The Design: Architect Perspectives

Chapter 4: The Space: Ethnographic Observations

Chapter 5: The Workspace: Staff Perspectives

Chapter 6: The Therapeutic Space: Service User Perspectives

Chapter 7: Conclusions

Home and Away provides a comprehensive account of critical design for mental health, focusing on how health facilities can intentionally promote positive psychological outcomes through design and use of space.