Citation

Notredame CE, Medjkane F, Porte A, Desobry O, Ligier F. Encephale (1974) 2019; 45(Spec 1): S32-S34.

Vernacular Title

Pertinence et expérience des dispositifs de veille et de recontact dans la prévention suicidaire auprès des enfants et des adolescents.

Affiliation

Pôle universitaire de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, centre psychothérapique de Nancy, 54000 Nancy, France; EA 4360, APEMAC, université de Lorraine, Nancy, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Masson Editeur)

DOI

10.1016/j.encep.2018.10.007

PMID

30554771

Abstract

In France, one adolescent out of ten has already attempted suicide. In this population, suicide reattempts are frequent and significantly impact the vital, morbid and functional long-term prognosis. For about fifteen years, surveillance and brief contact intervention systems (SBCIS) have been used to complete the French suicide reattempt prevention arsenal for youth. The relevance of such strategy appears once the mental health service gap observed at this period of life is considered. In addition to prompting better coordination between the different professional stakeholders, the SBCIS help to alleviate the adolescent's help-seeking barriers, especially the ambivalence between conquest of autonomy and need for help. The first results from the French SBCIS dedicated to children and adolescents are encouraging. Although they have to deal with specific challenges, we argue that they relevantly complement and potentiate the already available prevention resources, thus optimizing the whole prevention system for suffering youth.

Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.

Language: fr

Keywords

Adolescent; Brief contact intervention; Prevention; Prévention; Recontact; Suicide attempt; Surveillance; Tentative de suicide; Veille