{"id":17795,"date":"2020-09-11T10:27:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T08:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/?p=17795"},"modified":"2026-09-03T06:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T04:39:07","slug":"addiction-transmission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/fr\/addiction-et-dependance\/sortir-de-la-dependance\/addiction-transmission\/","title":{"rendered":"Addiction : transmission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En tant que m\u00e9decins, nous devons partager nos connaissances avec la personne qui demande de l\u2019aide, mais d\u2019une mani\u00e8re compr\u00e9hensible et assimilable. L\u2019information est le meilleur des m\u00e9dicaments, mais il faut souvent beaucoup de temps pour la transmettre, et parfois les circonstances ne le permettent pas dans l\u2019imm\u00e9diat ; il faut alors attendre une occasion favorable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Il faut trouver un langage commun, et dans ce langage les mots justes qui permettent une interaction d\u2019\u00e2me \u00e0 \u00e2me. M\u00eame lorsque nous y parvenons, il y aura toujours des cas de troubles psychiatriques graves pour lesquels des m\u00e9dicaments appropri\u00e9s restent indispensables afin de permettre une vie autonome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Il existe beaucoup de m\u00e9dicaments, r\u00e9partis en plusieurs classes. Trop nombreux pour \u00eatre \u00e9num\u00e9r\u00e9s, car la place manque. Je suis conscient que toutes sortes de l\u00e9gendes circulent \u00e0 leur sujet. Il y a \u00e9videmment des erreurs. Tout n\u2019est pas rose dans les soins et l\u2019on peut soulever bien des questions, mais en fin de compte, il reste un certain nombre de personnes qui ne peuvent pas se passer de leur traitement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fort de quarante ann\u00e9es d\u2019exp\u00e9rience en m\u00e9decine g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, je pense que les antipsychotiques ont apport\u00e9 une am\u00e9lioration dans la vie de nombreux patients psychiatriques et de leurs familles. Pour ma part, je connais quelques m\u00e9dicaments qui m\u00e9riteraient v\u00e9ritablement le prix Nobel de m\u00e9decine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entre-temps, beaucoup de m\u00e9dicaments ont \u00e9t\u00e9 mis \u00e0 la retraite. Je pense notamment au Haldol, autrefois une \u00e9tape majeure dans le traitement des psychoses schizophr\u00e9niques, aujourd\u2019hui largement d\u00e9laiss\u00e9 au profit de m\u00e9dicaments encore meilleurs. Je pense qu\u2019il y a eu des progr\u00e8s et que l\u2019autonomie de la personne concern\u00e9e reste toujours au premier plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dans un grand nombre de cas, il s\u2019av\u00e8re pourtant possible de trouver un traitement adapt\u00e9 qui maintienne les comportements perturb\u00e9s sous contr\u00f4le sans emp\u00eacher la personne de d\u00e9velopper des activit\u00e9s. Il ne s\u2019agit pas d\u2019assommer la personne qui demande de l\u2019aide. Cela ne peut absolument pas \u00eatre le but, bien au contraire. Il s\u2019agit d\u2019essayer d\u2019accro\u00eetre son autonomie, autrement dit sa capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 se prendre en charge et son ind\u00e9pendance psychique. 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