Introduction: This study aimed to explore the lived experience of mental health professionals (mhPs) who had been redeployed on support teams (MHSTs) implemented in general hospital for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and their families, in order to scale up mental and physical health care integration in times of epidemic crisis.Methods: This multicentered qualitative study followed an IPSE (Inductive Process to analyze the Structure of lived Experience) research design. MhPs' recruitment took place in three general hospitals of Seine-Seine-Denis department, in Paris suburbs (France).Results: Twenty-two participants were included. Data analysis produced three central axes: 1) the mhP in the epidemic crisis, underlying how participants confronted the unknown and adapted; 2) retrieving fundamentals of support therapy, that were: being present and listening, bonding with patients' families, and ensuring care continuity; and 3) moving forward with other health professionals, highlighting the collaborative work they developed and experienced.
Discussion:The epidemic prompted mhPs to rethink the values likely to guide the integration of their intervention with other individual and organizational care stakeholders, at different levels of health system. Normative integration based on shared appraisal of patients' and families' needs is highly required to overcome the multiple and sometimes contradictory health issues inherent in the crisis.
Conclusion:Person-and family-centered approach of integrated care (IC) is essential to address fragmentation between mental and physical health care in times of epidemic crisis. Hospital and political leaders should support and draw from bottom-up mental health IC initiatives such as MHSTs, that embody this vision, in order to improve health systems preparedness for future crises.
RÉSUMÉIntroduction: Cette étude a visé à explorer l'expérience de professionnels de santé mentale (mhPs) redéployés sur des équipes de soutien (MHSTs) implantées à l'hôpital général pour les patients atteints par la maladie à coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) et leurs familles, afin d'améliorer l'intégration des soins de santé mentale et physique en période de crise épidémique.
À l’heure où le repérage, l’évaluation et le diagnostic du Trouble du spectre de l’autisme (TSA) est un enjeu majeur en termes de politique de santé publique, il est important de s’interroger sur la manière de proposer ces évaluations. Cet article présente la réflexion clinique de l’équipe du Centre de diagnostic et d’évaluation de l’autisme – UNIDEP de Bondy (93) – autour du protocole d’évaluation diagnostique proposé aux enfants et à leurs parents. Un dispositif spécifique a été mis en place dans lequel les parents collaborent avec les professionnels à l’évaluation et aux réflexions sur les manifestations de leur enfant dans des situations de bilans standardisés qui éveillent ses particularités. Au-delà de l’accompagnement de la reconnaissance des signes de TSA chez leur enfant, l’observation commune entre les parents et les professionnels de la rencontre de l’enfant et du clinicien en séance permet de co-construire une représentation du vécu interne et du fonctionnement de leur enfant et soutenir un meilleur ajustement mutuel.
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