[Prevention of psychological disorders after a road accident].

A psychological intervention programme, set up within a trauma centre, revealed common factors contributing to the emotional upheaval felt by road accident victims. These factors are linked to the event itself, its medical management, the quality of family support and the patient's history. Early psychotherapy, the awareness of the nursing teams and the involvement of the families are the key elements ensuring coherent and effective prevention.

[The announcement of the need to amputate].

The announcement of a diagnosis is a difficult art. All the more so when it affects the patient's integrity, as is the case with a post-traumatic amputation. As part of the multidisciplinary support provided both prior to as well as after the procedure, the psychologist or psychiatrist has a specific role to play in ensuring the patient's future psychological rehabilitation.

[Reception and involvement of soldiers' families].

Faced with a mental health crisis, the intervention of nurses, psychologists and psychiatrists is rarely limited to an individual approach. Our team has chosen to structure and systematise the involvement of the families of hospitalised soldiers.A family psychotherapy consultation has also been reinforced in orderto favourthe inclusion of the families of soldiers in crisis.