Diagnosis journey for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a qualitative study.

Objective: The objective is to explore the journey to diagnosis and referral pathway from the onset of symptoms to the initial assessments at paediatric rheumatology (PR) centres, based on the experience of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and their parents.

Design: We conducted a qualitative study with semistructured interviews. Our qualitative and phenomenological procedure applied interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Sexual Health of Young Adults Living with Perinatally Acquired HIV in Paris, France: A Qualitative Study.

We aimed to explore the sexual health of young adults with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (PHIV). Eighteen to 25 years old PHIV participants were recruited in two tertiary care units in Paris. Sexually transmitted HIV was an exclusion criterion.

Disclosure of sexual abuse by adolescents treated in a psychiatry department.

Objectives: The aim of the study is to describe the population of adolescents who have disclosed sexual abuse to a health professional during their care in a psychiatric department. We also want to discuss the circumstances that enable adolescents to make this disclosure.

Methods: This single-center retrospective observational study is based on the mandatory reports (n=139) sent by a Paris adolescent psychiatry department between 2005 and 2021 after patients disclosed previous sexual abuse.

Mental health in adolescents with obesity: conflicting views among physicians, a qualitative study.

Mental health issues in adolescents with obesity are multifold, with no explicit screening recommendations. The aim of this research is to explore how this screening is performed by physicians and, thus, how it impacts adolescents' care pathways, offering insights into how to improve it through a qualitative study using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Twenty physicians (non-psychiatrist physicians and child and adolescent psychiatrists) involved at various stages in the care pathway were interviewed with semi-structured questionnaires.

[Photographing to advance, the use of photography in psychotherapy].

The practice of the clinical psychologist in child psychiatry can be a perilous task. His balance, as precarious as it may be, lies in listening to and observing the patient, but also in the use of precious tools of which therapeutic mediations are a part. They allow to experiment a sensory-motor anchorage and bring a multidimensional vision necessary to the comprehension of the subject and his suffering.

[A patient education program for adolescents with anorexia nervosa].

Patient education program (PEP) aims to help the patient acquire the skills necessary to manage a chronic disease. A multidisciplinary TPE program for adolescents with anorexia nervosa was developed in a daycare hospital setting. This qualitative study, exploring the experience of the caregivers involved in this program, reports the benefits but more so the difficulties linked to the clinical specificities of anorexia nervosa, as well as the numerous requirements, constraints and necessary adjustments linked to this innovative practice.

Evaluation of the rapid implementation of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study among adolescents and their parents.

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic catalysed an abrupt explosion in the use telepsychiatry for the delivery of mental health services. We aimed to explore the experience of telemedicine use during this period among adolescent outpatients and inpatients and their parents. This qualitative study took place in a French adolescent medicine and psychiatry department during the first lockdown.

Barriers and Expectations of Adolescents Regarding the Identification and Management of Their Psychoactive Substance Use by Their General Practitioner.

Aims: General practitioners (GPs), who are the most frequently consulted health professionals by adolescents, play a key role in screening for psychoactive substance (PAS) use. The purpose of our study was to determine the barriers and expectations of adolescents regarding the identification and management of their PAS use by their general practitioner.

Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study of a population of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, followed up in general practice in France.

Issues around food in mixed families of adolescent girls with bulimia nervosa: A qualitative study with photo-elicitation.

Objectives: Bulimia nervosa (BN) is a common psychiatric disorder among adolescent girls with potentially significant complications. Family relationships play a major role in the development and progression of this disorder. Studies in migrant populations suffering from eating disorders show contrasting results depending on the generation of migrants: first generation migrants have fewer eating disorders than the native population, while the prevalence of this disorder is more important than the latter among second and third generation migrants.

The experience of healthcare professionals treating adolescents with eating disorders in psychiatric and pediatric inpatient units for adolescents: A qualitative study.

Objectives: The recommended treatment for Eating Disorders (EDs) is multidisciplinary and multimodal. Nonetheless, the complex linkage of the different disciplines involved is not necessarily simple. We analyzed the experience of healthcare professionals faced with psychiatric and psychological symptoms in adolescents with EDs in two "multidisciplinary" inpatient units embedded predominantly in different paradigms - one pediatric and one psychiatric.

The experience of anaesthesiology care providers in temporary intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic in France: a qualitative study.

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, care providers (CPs) worldwide grappled with the extraordinary number of severely ill patients with high fatality rates. The objective of this study is to explore the experience of anaesthesiology CPs in temporary intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic's first wave.

Methods: CPs were interviewed at a university hospital in Paris, France.

Subjective Experience of Antidepressant Prescription Among Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa.

Introduction: Major depressive disorder is considered the most common comorbidity of anorexianervosa in adolescence. Some evidence argues against antidepressant use in this population. Moreover, the fear of being threatened with autonomy and of becoming dependent specific to this adolescent population and at the very core of the anorexic disease, make the proposal of such a treatment difficult to accept.

A French community-based intervention for parents of French-Canadian children with behavior problems: The EQUIPE program.

Objectives: Behavior problems are one of the most common reasons for seeking mental health services in pediatric populations. The objectives are to evaluate the effects of the EQUIPE program (Étude Québécoise d'Intervention pour les Parents d'Enfants avec des problèmes de comportement) and to analyze the impact of the severity of behavior problems and of parental characteristics.

Methods: This program was translated from the Community Parent Education Program.

The Cultural Hybridization of Mothering in French Prison Nurseries: A Qualitative Study.

In France, women can be incarcerated during pregnancy and can keep their babies with them in prison up to the age of 18 months. The small number of nurseries in France and their unequal geographic distribution as well as the high percentage of foreign prisoners often result in women's isolation from their usual cultural environment. Family members and cultural community play a crucial role in the process of mothering.

Migrant adolescents' experience of depression as they, their parents, and their health-care professionals describe it: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.

Migrant youth are vulnerable and face a risk of internalised disorders such as depression. This qualitative meta-synthesis explores migrant adolescents' experience of depression. 14 studies (7 qualitative studies and 7 case reports) were selected after a systematic search of PubMed, Embase, Scopus and PsycInfo.

Experiences of French medical students during their clerkship in adolescent psychiatry: a qualitative study.

The epidemiology of adolescent psychiatric disorders and the relational complexity of their management make exposure to adolescent psychiatry essential during medical school. However, some clinical particularities can complicate the students' learning experiences. Our work aimed to explore the experience of being a medical student during clerkships in adolescent psychiatry.

Disclosure of Sibling Sexual Abuse by Hospitalized Adolescent Girls: Three Case Reports.

Although sibling sexual abuse (SSA) may be the most common type of intrafamilial sexual abuse, it has not been widely studied. The lack of studies makes it very difficult for clinicians to create a comprehensive framework about this complex phenomenon, particularly in comparison with other forms of intrafamilial sexual abuse, such as father-daughter incest. SSA is still underrecognized and underdisclosed but it has the potential to be every bit as harmful as sexual abuse by a parent.

Perspective changes through transcultural mediation training: A qualitative study of trainees, instructors, and experts.

To deal with cultural misunderstandings in health care due to increased migration, the Babel Centre-a training and mediation center-developed "transcultural mediation": a service meant to help health-care professionals encountering difficulties with migrant patients and their families. One of the center's health-care professionals, trained as a mediator, and a cultural broker jointly conduct the mediation session. In 2017, the center initiated a specialized training program to teach health-care professionals the skills needed to serve as transcultural mediators.