[Mental health, an ecosystem issue].

The question of mental health can be approached using the three-dimensional model. In the light of the biological, environmental and circumstantial ingredients characterizing it, a critical analysis of both diagnosis and treatment can be proposed. The environment, like the individual, is both a factor and a player in psychological suffering.

[The relationship, a key ingredient of care].

The quality of the relationship or the therapeutic alliance is one of the common factors for predicting the success or failure of therapy. How is this relationship built, and on what bases? Two fundamental questions to which the answer lies in the facilitating aptitudes of anyone working in a help and/or care relationship.