title: [Physical activities, psychiatric care and mental health].
abstract: At Ville-Evrard psychiatric hospital, sports activities are used as one of several therapeutic tools. The day-long multi-sport sessions, led notably by a nurse, form part of the care programme. Sport not only enables the patients to exert themselves, it is above all a form of therapeutic mediation which encourages verbal and non-verbal communication.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Davanture
mesh_terms: D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008603:Mental Health; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D013177:Sports