[Institution, primary nurse and projective identification].

Ayoung bipolar patient admitted to day hospital care questions the importance of institutional networking. His history, his behaviour and his words unsettle the thinking of the primary nurse. The support of the institution and the clinical work established around the patient are a reminder of the importance of the team in patient management.

[Patient education in psychiatry].

A nursing team from the day hospital of the Paris association for mental health assistance has been providing multi-disciplinary care to patients presenting serious personality disorders. For more than 10 years it has carried out action aimed at improving treatment compliance which is recognised in the framework of a therapeutic patient education programme.