Being a caregiver in psychiatry: beyond skills, commitment

Abstract

The caregiver-patient relationship goes against the grain of the "diagnosis-action-result" model. To live this relational adventure, the caregiver must be motivated, committed and convinced of the validity of this approach: there must be "being a caregiver". At a time when former psychiatric caregivers have almost disappeared, in a context where psychiatry, like other disciplines, is being deserted by doctors and nurses, the question arises as to the legacy of care that allows for the encounter with the other. There is a risk of non- transmission of nursing know-how, jeopardizing the daily clinic and the very essence of the nursing posture in psychiatry.