title: [Psychiatry and sectorial politics].
abstract: The organization in "sectors" of psychiatric assistance represents one answer to the need to perfect the treatment of mental illnesses and to promote an effective prophylaxis. "Sectorial politics" derive at the same time from the broad principles of community psychiatry as well as from a necessary evolution of hospital assistance. Faced with the perspectives the psychiatrist may experience difficulties regarding his own "situation" and fears concerning the manner in which he will be "utilised". He tends to amplify in order to better denounce, the various risks of deviation of "sectorial politics": demedicalisation, abusive "psychiatrisation", threats to  individual liberties, etc... However, the effective participation of all psychiatrists constitutes the best guarantee that these risks will be avoided.
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003158:Community Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D005602:France
vernacular_title: Le psychiatre et la politique de secteur