Legislative debate will have been extinguished as quickly as it was ignited. The 94 deputies, mainly Republicans, led by the deputy of Pas-de-Calais Daniel Fasquelle, suffered an end of inadmissibility to their wish to “condemn and prohibit psychoanalytic practices” in the care of autism. Their motion for a resolution, presented on Thursday, December 8, was rejected by the National Assembly.
Coincidentally, on the same day, the professor of child psychiatry Catherine Barthélémy received the Inserm prizefor his 40 years of research devoted to autism and the need to early management of the signs of autism.
Some will see it as a symbol. In any case, the parliamentarians judged that it was useless to “rekindle tensions which no longer have any place to exist”, according to the Secretary of State for People with Disabilities and the Fight against Exclusion, Segolene Neuville.
The psychoanalytic approach in question
The Members who supported the resolution wanted ban psychoanalysis to treat patients with autistic disorders. They considered in the text that “only therapies and educational programs for autism in accordance with the recommendations of the High Authority for Health (HAS) should be” authorized and reimbursed “.
A sign that the debate is creating a stir beyond the political sphere, the opponents were supported in their initiative by the main associations dedicated to autism, bringing together families in particular (Agir et vivre l’autisme, Vaincre l’autisme, Asperger aid France, House of Autism, etc.).
Affected by this controversy, shrinks had retorted, arguing that patients suffering from autism have everything to gain from multidisciplinary care with different actors.
MEPs begin consideration of the motion for a resolution on taking charge of the#autism >> https://t.co/QA5tzog7Wm#DirectAnpic.twitter.com/2VNv5xP8CJ
– National Assembly (@AssembleeNat) December 8, 2016
Distressing reaction from the government which politicized the debate and spent its time defending professionals who do not follow the HAS #autism
— Daniel Fasquelle (@DFasquelle) December 8, 2016
URGENT ! NO TO THE PSYCHOANALYSIS BAN – READ, SIGN https://t.co/5fkguE4fwF UNABLE TO DECIDE WHICH METHOD #AUTISM
— Maria Lucia Martin (@Kitri1) November 29, 2016
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