The psychiatric hospital: a place where language is reconstructed through the group
Herrera, F.
Revue Medicale Suisse 11(486): 1702-1705
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 1660-9379 PMID: 26591080 Document Number: 679506
Within the psychiatric hospital, the caregiver is faced with difficult choices regarding the <<right way>> to respond to the suffering of the patient, to accompany him and sometimes forcing him to accept care. The hospital is a place of pressures from within and from outside, where the caregiver must perform a balancing act, with multiple conflicting roles. He must respect patient rights and his resources, his safety and those of others, the understanding of his difficulties, the expectations of the family and the limits of reality. This care has a fundamental ethical dimension. The team discussion allows for a conflictual cooperation between caregivers, which makes possible caring for our patients in crisis.