[Assesment of a satellite clinic : a five-year experience of a pedopsychiatric team in a disadvantaged area.].
Having worked closely for more than ten years with a team of child psychiatrists that defines itself as community-oriented, I attempt to describe the process by which this team became established in its designated territory. My aim is to provide an overview spanning the five years during which a "satellite clinic" established itself in a low-income district. I proceed by drawing a profile of the neighboring population and that which consults in particular, of agencies that refer and their motives for referral, as well as of our ways of responding to their requests. I also examine the collaboration with the various organizations in the district and what this entails with regard to hopes, doubts and conflict. Although being located within the designated territory had an overall positive impact on our work and our objective to prevent and detect anomalies, it has not necessarily been helpful in establishing better links with neighboring "support" organizations.
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