A man out of psychiatric care kills his mother in Strasbourg

A man out of psychiatric care kills his mother in Strasbourg

A constraint hospitalization project turned to drama. Tuesday morning, in Strasbourg, a 31 -year -old man stabbed his mother to death when he was to be interned in psychiatry, according to a judicial source. The facts occurred at the victim’s home, a sixty-something, while his ex-husband came to announce the implementation of the hospital procedure. … Read more

Thousands of bipolar people, schizophrenics deprived of their treatment

Thousands of bipolar people, schizophrenics deprived of their treatment

On Thursday, the National Medicines Safety Agency (ANSM) published an alert on “strong supply tensions” of Quetiapine -based drugs. This molecule, used in the treatment of diseases like schizophrenia, has no equivalent and a lasting shortage could cause serious problems for patients. Quétiapine is found in the Xeroquel LP as well as in different generic … Read more

Psychiatry: there is an urgent need to respond to the crisis, according to the Ethics Committee

Psychiatry: there is an urgent need to respond to the crisis, according to the Ethics Committee

Degraded access conditions, shortage of resources, territorial inequalities: “urgency and seriousness” of the psychiatric crisis in France require a « plan » dedicated, rapid and extensive, underlines the National Ethics Committee in an opinion made public on Monday. This opinion, entitled “Ethical issues relating to the psychiatric crisis: an alert”insists on the urgency of a … Read more

Miel’s app, 17 years old, reconnects suffering teenagers and their parents

Miel’s app, 17 years old, reconnects suffering teenagers and their parents

School bullying, depression, eating disorder… The mental health of Miel Abitbol, ​​17, was put to the test during her adolescence. For fear of being misunderstood, she never spoke about it to her parents. It was only after her suicide attempt that they became aware of the suffering she was going through. A situation that many … Read more

Can we all be victims of a fake Brad Pitt scam?

Can we all be victims of a fake Brad Pitt scam?

From simple Internet users to the Toulouse Football Club and the Charente-Maritime gendarmerie, mockery has been rife on social networks since Anne’s story was made public. This 53-year-old woman recounted in the show “Sept à Huit”, on TF1, that she was the victim of a fake Brad Pitt who took more than 800,000 euros from … Read more

The hostage taker at Arles prison hospitalized in psychiatry

The hostage taker at Arles prison hospitalized in psychiatry

The man who took five people hostage on Friday at Arles prison, in Bouches-du-Rhône, is no longer facing the police but is now facing the doctors. The detainee’s custody was in fact interrupted on Saturday, after a psychiatric expert concluded that his hospitalization in a psychiatric unit was necessary. The psychiatrist expert concluded “that there … Read more

A septuagenarian found dead with his eyes gouged out in Marseille

A septuagenarian found dead with his eyes gouged out in Marseille

Macabre discovery in a secure residence located in a quiet avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Marseille. That of a dead man, his eyes gouged out, reports the regional daily Provence. It was a neighbor who raised the alarm. The latter had been called by the owner of the apartment in which the body was … Read more

Mental health: can we force a loved one to seek treatment?

Mental health: can we force a loved one to seek treatment?

“I no longer recognize my brotherworries Adeline, 35 years old. Tom has always been moody, but now he’s out of control. He got excited about a somewhat crazy business project on artificial intelligence with millions of euros at stake, even though he knows nothing about it. He withdraws from his current sales job and loses … Read more