[« What is changing today is a greater ability to talk about it ¼]. / « Ce qui change aujourd'hui, c'est une plus grande faculté à en parler ¼.

Victims' associations, social networks and the publication of books have accelerated political and societal awareness of a subject that is still very taboo: incest. In this context, the Independent Commission on Incest and Sexual Violence against Children (Ciivise), created in 2021, has the mission to make recommendations on the evolution of public policies for a better protection and care of child victims, and to collect the voice of victims, now adults. Nathalie Mathieu, co-president of the Ciivise and executive director of the association Docteurs Bru, draws up an inventory of the subject, as much on its legal aspect as on the stakes of society which result from it and on the place of nurses. Interview.

[Mechanisms at play in the perpetrators of incestuous acts]. / Les mécanismes en jeu chez les auteurs d'actes incestueux.

While the perpetrators of incestuous assaults are found in families from all social, cultural and professional categories, the vast majority of them have common characteristics. Linda Tromeleue, a psychologist and family therapist, works in the prison integration and probation service, particularly with incestuous paedocriminals who have been tried and sentenced. She describes their personality traits and the process established to carry out their transgressive acts, often for years.

[The traumatic memory]. / La mémoire traumatique.

The traumatic memory, a consequence of the psychotrauma induced by incestuous violence, has inhabited Delphine throughout her childhood and a large part of her adult life. At the age of 40, following the revelations of her sister, she began psychotherapy and identified the traumatic events. She is finally able to understand and link a plural somatic symptomatology to a post-traumatic syndrome... Delphine shares here the story of this traumatic memory.

[Accompanying young girls who are victims of incest, a necessarily holistic approach]. / Accompagner les jeunes filles victimes d'inceste, une approche nécessairement holistique.

Accompanying child and adolescent victims of incest towards reconstruction requires professionals trained in the specificities of this intra-family sexual violence. The Jean-Bru shelter, which takes in young girl victims, has developed the expertise of a complementary multi-partner approach and offers socio-educational, medical-psychological and legal support, for the benefit of a personalized global project that also includes the family link.

[Disability, a factor of vulnerability to incest]. / Le handicap, un facteur de vulnérabilité face à l'inceste.

Disability, a factor of vulnerability to incestThere is a lack of visibility on the issue of sexual violence among people with disabilities. There is an omerta on this subject within the social and medico-social establishments that receive them. Intra-family sexual violence is kept silent, as it is everywhere else. The vulnerability of children with disabilities is a risk factor for rape and sexual assault, and communication problems hinder their disclosure. Interview with Marie Rabatel, President of the Francophone Association of Autistic Women, expert of the High Authority of Health on the issues of violence against women with disabilities, member of the Independent Commission on incest and sexual violence against children.

Les étudiants infirmiers au cœur de la crise de la Covid-19.

Student nurses at the heart of the Covid-19 crisis. Many student nurses were involved in dealing with the Covid-19 health crisis. As a consequence, the block release training programme was completely overturned in order to meet the urgent requirements of health and medical-social institutions. Two student nurses from Île-de-France, in their third year of training, share anonymously their experience on the ground during the health crisis. Their experiences, which required polyvalence, adaptability, stress management and autonomy on their part, have considerably enriched their portfolio of competencies.

[Excision: the journey of reconstruction]. / Excision : le parcours d'une reconstruction.

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a very ancient mutilation practice that still exists today for millions of girls and women around the world. In France, it is illegal. Since twenty-five years, a surgical reconstruction method offered to women who wish to undergo it. They are monitored physiologically, psychologically and socially before, during and after the operation. Interview with Dr. Pierre Foldès, co-founder and president of Women Safe, urological surgeon who invented this surgery.

Last Day at Kensington Hospital.

Today is a special day. After ten years of reliable and loyal service, Sophie is leaving Kensington Hospital to undertake a Master's degree in nursing. On this occasion, a farewell drink has been arranged with members of the staff in the Medical Unit.

Lyme Disease: a Tick-borne Infection.

Laurie, Sophie's sister, was bitten in the arm by an infected tick and has developed Lyme disease. Sophie investigates further into the diagnosis, treatment and complications of the disease, in order to be able to give Laurie accurate advice.

Preventing Skin Cancer.

Sophie and Pierre are spending their summer holidays on Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands. They are interrupting this self-indulgence today to assist with a skin cancer prevention campaign organised by a local health promotion agency.

Post-Operative Care And Rehabilitation After A Limb Amputation.

Jordan, 26, was involved in an unfortunate motor-bike accident and consequently had to undergo a lower limb amputation. After his operation, he faces a long ordeal to regain his mobility and self-confidence. The multi-disciplinary team assists Jordan in recovering his independence.

Prevention of falls and risk assessment.

During Pierre's assignment to the medical unit, he gives a patient a risk assessment for falls and advises him how to prevent accidents of this kind.