In medical-psychological centers, the gateway to psychiatric care, patient triage is becoming increasingly necessary.

CMP. The acronym is well known to parents whose children one day experience psychological distress requiring care. This does not mean that they access it. Medical-psychological centers, this " gateway " to the psychiatric sector, where patients can be treated by a multi-professional team (psychiatrist, psychologist, nurse, psychomotor therapists, etc.), for an initial assessment followed by follow-up consultations, are overwhelmed. While the observation is not new, professionals themselves no longer hesitate today to put into words the sorting they must do on a daily basis between requests.

While the government has made mental health a major national cause for 2025, and the deterioration of the mental state of young people has accelerated since the health crisis linked to Covid-19 (increase in suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts or self-harm, etc.), it is towards this first level of the psychiatric system that efforts are promised by the government. With targeted support for the development of walk-in consultations, particularly for children, adolescents, and young adults, promised the Minister of Health, Yannick Neuder, in June.

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