In several hospitals, psychiatric caregivers denounce the deterioration of their working conditions and their lack of resources.
At the Guillaume-Régnier hospital in Rennes, the psychiatric staff has been on strike for nearly 9 weeks. Represented by the Sud Santé Social union, he denounces the disinterest of the State and the few resources made available to French psychiatric services. However, psychiatric pathologies are the third most frequent diseases in France, behind cancer and cardiovascular disease. But “the patient has become an object”, denounces to AFP Michel Roy, nurse at the Rennes hospital. “I tell the young people to flee”. On the front of the establishment, banners summarize the problem: “hospital without beds”, “let’s give meaning to our work”, “suffering at work”.
As reported France Info, nearly 1,400 reports related to malfunctions for cases of violence, lack of beds or understaffing were sent to the management, the labor inspectorate and the prefect. In vain. According to Goulven Boullion of Sud Santé Sociales, the strike was decided following the general “fed up” and “the suicide attempt of a colleague”. “It is not rare to find a colleague alone at 11 pm to manage 15 people”. In Amiens and Bourges, the situation is the same. If the Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn announced the thaw of 44 million euros, of which 500,000 will be allocated to the Guillaume-Régnier hospital in Rennes, no timetable or budget has yet been put forward. French psychiatric services feel aggrieved.
1 in 5 people affected by a mental disorder in 2020
Mental illness is, however, a major public health issue. According to the Health Observatory, depression affects 18% of the general population, causing up to 200,000 suicide attempts each year and in the most serious cases, 10,500 suicides. The WHO estimates that one in five people will be affected by a mental disorder in 2020, whether it is food, bipolar, related to schizophrenia, depression or OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder). At present in France, 4.3% of the general population is affected by phobic disorders, 12.8% of people have one day suffered from generalized anxiety disorders and 3.7% have been victims of bipolar disorders.
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