Crisis intervention models in the French-speaking countries.
The article presents the crisis intervention model devised by Andreoli (Geneva) which is currently being developed in most crisis units and emergency services in the French-speaking countries of Europe. Two clinical examples are presented: the Short Therapy Centre (Geneva, Switzerland) and the crisis unit of the Saint-Luc Clinic (Brussels, Belgium). The following aspects of these approaches are discussed: (a) the need for crisis intervention rather than a simple answer to emergency, (b) the need for crisis intervention in all acute psychiatric disorders and not only in psychosocial problems, (c) the need to integrate psychiatric hospitalization into a coherent mental health policy, (d) the need for well-trained and round-the-clock teams, (e) the need for continuity of care.
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Crisis Unit of the Saint-Luc Clinics, Catholic Univeristy of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
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D001530:Belgium; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration; D005602:France; D006291:Health Policy; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000458:organization & administration; D013557:Switzerland