Adult Psychiatry

An intersectoral unit located within the emergency medicine department of the Caen Côte de Nacre University Hospital. A medical and nursing team provides 24/7 reception, assessment, and referral services for individuals experiencing psychological or psychiatric distress.

Consultations at the Esquirol Centre

• General psychiatry consultations
• Specialized consultations:
  • Anxiety consultation: assessments and group and cognitive-behavioral therapies focused on anxiety disorders (assertiveness training, obsessive-compulsive disorder, relaxation)
  • Mood Disorder Consultation
  • Consultation for psychotic disorders
  • Occupational disease consultations
  • Consultations for eating disorders
  • Adolescent and young adult consultation
• Psychotherapy:
  • Individual psychotherapies
  • Group psychotherapies
  • Family and couples psychotherapy
• Psychoeducation:
  • First psychotic episode
  • Schizophrenia (Symptom Management, Profamille, Insight)
  • Bipolar disorder

Consultations at the Medical-Psychological Reception Center

Opening hours : open Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 6pm.

The CAMP welcomes the population of the Caen North area and offers: psychiatric consultations, psychological consultations and psychotherapies, nursing interviews, social and occupational therapy support, home visits.

It includes:

• A Day Hospital;
• A Day Therapeutic Day Care Centre (CATTP): open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. Care at the day hospital and the CATTP focuses on the resocialization and reintegration of people in difficulty.

The psychosocial rehabilitation program:

• Cognitive-behavioral therapies for people suffering from schizophrenia (assertiveness, symptom management, social skills);
• “Profamille” group: psychoeducation for relatives of patients suffering from schizophrenia;

Mobile intensive follow-up team in the environment dedicated to the care of young people beginning a psychotic process (EMSI) labeled therapeutic center of excellence of the institute of psychiatry.

Location: in Ouistreham and Douvres-la-Délivrande

EMSI offers early detection, assessment and intervention for young adults aged 16 to 30 who are at high risk of transitioning to psychosis or experiencing a first psychotic episode.

Early diagnosis allows for the rapid provision of appropriate care, promoting a favorable outcome.

Intensive care is provided by a multidisciplinary team over 2 years with the aim of improving the young person's functioning and restoring a satisfactory developmental trajectory.

Case management is a personalized approach that aims to be positive, proactive, and constructive. It provides outpatient care, which is inherently less traumatic and less stigmatizing, allowing patients' symptoms to be addressed within their natural and social environment.

This type of intensive care is characterized by the mobility of the case manager, who engages the patient and facilitates access to care from both the psychiatrist and the psychologist. They work together to process the psychotic experience and facilitate social and professional reintegration. The patient can thus be seen several times a week by the case manager in a familiar environment such as school, university, public transportation, or the city center.

Assessment and care of patients hospitalized in the medical and surgical departments of the Caen-Normandie University Hospital.

Hospitalized patients benefit from multidisciplinary care that considers the whole person. Regular handover and review sessions ensure cohesion and continuity of care. Care is provided 24/7.

Full-time hospitalizations can be arranged according to the person's needs: weekday or part-time hospitalizations (night or day).

Standard full-time hospitalization units (UH1 and UH2):

Inpatient units admit individuals in the acute phase of their illness or experiencing psychological decompensation.
Hospitalization is voluntary or involuntary, and admission is at the request of a third party or a state representative.

Intensive Care Unit (ICU):

This closed unit is dedicated to crisis situations requiring special and intensive monitoring.

Crisis and Post-Emergency Unit:

This unit receives suicidal individuals or people in suicidal crisis.