Suicide Attempts During Adolescence: Systematic Hospitalization and Crisis Treatment

Numerous practical aspects of Geneva’s therapeutic approach in the inpatient unit, are related here in detail. This unit proposes short stays during which the work with the adolescents consists of a very intensive psychoanalytic-oriented crises intervention. The program is seen as an intermediate health care structure, planned for short stays, halfway between emergency treatment of the suicide attempt & long-term treatment.