Certain clinical situations divide caregivers and we must then be able to contain the divide. It’s about not letting yourself get caught up entirely in this spiral, while recognizing what this mechanism says about the patient’s suffering.
“Magalie is truly exceptional. This is the first time I’ve met such a attentive person. I barely need to speak before she already understands what I mean. I would like her to be my reference nurse. With her, I’m sure I could move forward…”. Laetitia, who makes these remarks to her psychiatrist, Dr. Bagayoko, is around thirty years old. She has been hospitalized in psychiatry, in the reception unit for several days. The emergency doctor highlighted mood disorders with impulsivity and self-aggressive acts. She does not really put herself in danger but increases the number of scarifications and especially the ingestions of benzodiazepines which regularly lead her to the Emergency Department.
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