[Experimentation of care partners program in psychiatry: the model Montreal].

Unlabelled: The approach of the partnership of care and services developed by the direction collaboration dans patient partnership (DCPP) of the Faculty of medicine of the University of Montreal, considers the patient as a full care actor, in the same way as healthcare professionals, his experientiel knowledges are recognized and the patient develops gradually his self-determination. Since 2010, in order to allow cultural changes involved with this approach, the 'Program Partners of Care' (PPC) facilitated resource patient' integration and involvement into Continuous Improvement Committees (CIC), within 29 general and specialized health care teams in 19 health and social services facilities in Quebec, among wich four teams specialized in mental health. The purpose of the article is to describe briefly this approach, to demonstrate that it is successfully applicable to mental health clienteles, under certain conditions.