Inside a French emergency psychiatric unit: Social stigma, a lack of beds and drug shortages
At least one in five people in France suffer from a mental health condition. The issue has been named a priority for the government in 2025, which hopes to tackle a wide range of conditions, from mild symptoms to severe and chronic illnesses. Every day, psychiatric emergency departments in hospitals treat patients in distress, while operating in increasingly difficult conditions. To find out more, we spent time with the Ville-Evrard psychiatric unit of the Delafontaine Hospital in Saint-Denis, north of Paris.
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3 Comments
Why is Mental Health deteriorating?
Superb psychiatric care is difficult to find, private, and expensive
Since 2020 Europe has been experiencing challenging socio-economic situations
There is a clear erosion of the welfare state, and the wellbeing of the society
Multiple uncertainties, real or imagined threats, conflicts, and economic decline
Hopelessness, fear, anxiety, and depression is affecting most of the people
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I am someone who endureded mental health challenges, Its difficult, I have upmost respect for these medical team.