Bouchard Jean-Pierre, Brulin-Solignac Diane, Lodetti Célia
Unité pour malades difficiles, centre hospitalier de Cadillac, 89, rue Cazeaux-Cazalet, 33410 Cadillac-sur-Garonne, France; Unité de soins intensifs psychiatriques, centre hospitalier de Cadillac, 89, rue Cazeaux-Cazalet, 33410 Cadillac-sur-Garonne, France; Institut psycho-judiciaire, pôle de psychiatrie médico-légale, centre hospitalier de Cadillac, 89, rue Cazeaux-Cazalet, 33410 Cadillac-sur-Garonne, France.
Unité pour malades difficiles, centre hospitalier de Cadillac, 89, rue Cazeaux-Cazalet, 33410 Cadillac-sur-Garonne, France; Institut psycho-judiciaire, pôle de psychiatrie médico-légale, centre hospitalier de Cadillac, 89, rue Cazeaux-Cazalet, 33410 Cadillac-sur-Garonne, France.
Soins Psychiatr. 2016 Mar-Apr(303):35-40. doi: 10.1016/j.spsy.2016.01.007.
Prisoners, on remand or convicted, can be placed for a variable amount of time in a unit for difficult patients if their pathological mental state so requires. For the most part, their therapeutic care does not depend on their status as prisoner. The treatments provided are those indicated for their psychological pathologies and their potential or known dangerousness. However, some administrative measures make a distinction between their treatment and that of non-prisoner patients placed in these secure psychiatric units.