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Summary: Children placements in educative living-in are determined by parenthood failures. Many recent works have pointed out several parameters in parenthood: psychoanalysis has shown real, symbolical and imaginary dimensions; developmental psychology has described successive steps; attachment theory has defined different caregiving kinds; and sociology has emphasized the role of social, economical and cultural contexts. In residential placement situation, children profit by daily educational action. One parenthood guidance setting seeks to mobilize parents about their parental functions. Parents are invited to participate to encounters on the very place where the child is living in. To bring out all the elements of plural parenthood, guidance is managed by a professional partnership: an educator, a social worker and a psychiatrist. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The only proper solution to confusion is clarification. Rather than take sides in a heated and confusing polemic, this article aims first to clarify the issues involved, and second, to show how sociology can contribute to public health expertise. In the first part, I analyze the triple context of the ideological rigidification of the field of mental health. In the second, epistemological part, I shed light on two underlying and unseen problems: the interconnection of facts and values, and the distinction between wholes and ensembles. The comparison of two reports, one by the "Haute Autorité de santé" (HAS) and the other by Inserm, illustrates these two problems. The HAS report was written from the perspective of wholeness, whereas the one by Inserm is based on the notion of “ensemblism”. The consequence is that the HAS report can be used as a basis for establishing policies, whereas the Inserm report can not, because it provides only a list of decontextualized measures. A public health report should clarify possible choices to allow for informed decision-making. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Patterns of social integration and exclusion differ from one society to the other. By focusing on the identifications of the Ego with the objects which surround it, and taking some particular socio-relational contexts into account, we shall consider the adolescent subject through the aspect of his need to have an enhancing self-image. Twelve interviews of 15–18-year-old subjects presenting behavioural disorders seem to confirm the following hypothesis: the more narcissistically enhancing the self-image reflected by the introduced object might be, the closer to it should the subject draw, through some adapted social behaviour. However, when overwhelmed by identity and narcissism conflicts, some adolescents happen to confuse fantasy and reality. The splitting up between self and object perceptions, which proceeds from projection and introjection mechanisms, may reinforce the behavioural disorders. Theoretically, these apparently asocial behaviour patterns reveal the subject’s psychological attempt to adapt to his surroundings, and could be considered as a concrete way to approach adolescents at odds with society. In practice, we shall assess the relevance of institutional help facilities. To examine a starting insertion process, we shall base our reflection upon the example of a practice of mediation: a radio program aiming to introduce a third party to young users of an educational support organisation, and widen the range of their narcissistic and identity supports. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Children suffering from ADHD, need special care and a proper diagnosis, taking into consideration biological factors from which the disorder originated. However, parents do not wish to have a prediction formulated on the future destiny of their child. Obviously, there is a need to establish a preventive program as well as a children''s evaluation''s program. This will create a positive influence on the quality of life for people suffering from this disorder, and implement actions, in the social, educational, and family environment, avoiding any measures leading to their isolation from society. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]