The adult second-line mental health service treats adults with a serious mental health disorder and severe functional impairments (e.g., recurrence, intensity, therapeutic failure).
Problems
- Trauma and stressor-related disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders
- Depressive disorders
- Personality disorders
- Antisocial personality disorder (assessment)
- Severe personality disorder or personality disorder with severe comorbidity
- Somatic symptom disorder
- Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders
- Bipolar and related disorders
- Eating disorders
This service offers assessments, and psychiatric and biopsychosocial follow-ups. Group therapy is available, consisting of a varied program of activities, including a borderline personality disorder treatment group and an extensive rehabilitation program (overall health, managing emotions, “J’active mes neurones,” exposure, life project, motivation, dynamic relaxation, support with psychotic disorders, mentalization-based therapy, sports in the gym).
Referrals
Referrals can come from various hospital departments: psychiatric emergency, brief intervention unit, inpatient psychiatry unit. They can also come from the adult mental health access desk. A referral from a general practitioner is preferred.