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[Particular enlightenments on crisis situations, recurrent crises, hospitalization and intervention networks]. 1991

S Zombek

This article proposes an in-depth look at certain clinical aspects that have been dealt with by a crisis centre based at a general hospital that is located in a popular district of Brussels. Following a brief history of the Saint-Pierre hospital, which allows the author to touch on the hospitality dimension of taking charge of psychosocial crises, the article focuses on recurrent crises (and their corollary, multiple hospitalizations) and analyzes their psychodynamic and institutional perspectives. The author then approaches the institutional framework as a stage where the different critical phases of the patient come into play. Supported by clinical examples, the author also examines the functions of recurrent crises with respect to the patient's emotional make-up and to his or her extensive hesitation when faced with "change". Finally, the author points out the advantages and disadvantages of the indispensable link with mobile intervenors.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007373	Interinstitutional Relations	The interactions between representatives of institutions, agencies, or organizations.	Interagency Relations,Interagency Relation,Interinstitutional Relation,Relation, Interagency,Relation, Interinstitutional,Relations, Interagency,Relations, Interinstitutional
D010359	Patient Readmission	Subsequent admissions of a patient to a hospital or other health care institution for treatment.	Hospital Readmission,Rehospitalization,Unplanned Hospital Readmissions,Unplanned Readmission,30 Day Readmission,Hospital Readmissions,Readmission, Hospital,Readmissions, Hospital,Thirty Day Readmission,30 Day Readmissions,Hospital Readmission, Unplanned,Hospital Readmissions, Unplanned,Readmission, Patient,Readmission, Thirty Day,Readmission, Unplanned,Rehospitalizations,Thirty Day Readmissions,Unplanned Hospital Readmission,Unplanned Readmissions
D012008	Recurrence	The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission.	Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D003419	Crisis Intervention	Brief therapeutic approach which is ameliorative rather than curative of acute psychiatric emergencies. Used in contexts such as emergency rooms of psychiatric or general hospitals, or in the home or place of crisis occurrence, this treatment approach focuses on interpersonal and intrapsychic factors and environmental modification. (APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 7th ed)	Brief Advice,Brief Interventions,Brief Treatment,Critical Incident Stress Debriefing,Screening and Brief Intervention,Advice, Brief,Brief Intervention,Brief Treatments,Crisis Interventions,Intervention, Brief,Intervention, Crisis,Treatment, Brief
D005260	Female		Females
D006757	Hospital Units	Those areas of the hospital organization not considered departments which provide specialized patient care. They include various hospital special care wards.	Hospital Unit,Unit, Hospital,Units, Hospital
D006760	Hospitalization	The confinement of a patient in a hospital.	Hospitalizations
D006769	Hospitals, General	Large hospitals with a resident medical staff which provides continuous care to maternity, surgical and medical patients.	General Hospital,General Hospitals,Hospital, General
D006785	Hospitals, University	Hospitals maintained by a university for the teaching of medical students, postgraduate training programs, and clinical research.	University Hospitals
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man