[The Snoezelen approach in pain management in psychiatry]. / L'approche Snoezelen dans la prise en charge de la douleur en psychiatrie.

The approach or practice known as Snoezelen is defined as the controlled multi-sensory stimulation of a person's sensoriality in a safe space. It has recognised benefits in the management of severe mental health disabilities. But, can it have a more specific benefit in psychiatry in terms of pain managment? Hospital caregivers go some way to answering the question by sharing their thoughts and experience regarding an innovative clinical experiment using the Snoezelen approach for this purpose.

[Relaxation to defuse acting out for dangerous schizophrenics]. / La relaxation pour désamorcer les passages à l'acte chez les schizophrènes dangereux.

Relaxation is often considered as a contraindication in the management of schizophrenics. An experiment carried out with dangerous schizophrenics at the unit for dangerous patients at Cadillac general hospital revealed that, on the contrary, such an opinion is not necessarily valid in all cases. Indeed, for many of these patients, relaxation can have positive effects on their clinical state. As with its other indications, relaxation must be practised by clinicians who have an in-depth knowledge of techniques to use and of mental disorders treated in that way.