Epidemiological description of 529 families referred for French transcultural psychotherapy: A decade of experience.

Background: Transcultural psychotherapy (TPT) is an original therapeutic method developed in various forms in France and several other countries in Europe as well as North America to address issues of migrant mental health care when psychosocial, economic, or cultural barriers hinder its accessibility and effectiveness. This study aims to describe the patients referred for TPT in Paris and its suburbs over the past decade, to examine intercultural differences and associations with social, demographic, and clinical variables, and to assess TPT in terms of patient adherence, attendance, and duration of care.

Method: Retrospective study of 529 patients referred for TPT care, classified in three categories-no treatment, initiated treatment, engaged and continuing treatment.

[Taking care of the families of air disaster victims].

The medico-psychological emergency unit in Seine-Saint-Denis (93) was involved in managing the families of the victims of the AF447 flight crash which took place on the night of 31 May and 1 June 2009 between Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Paris. It is interesting to study the system set up at the airport, the symptomatology observed, and the parameters of the efficiency of the care provided.