Autism: Secretary of State Sophie Cluzel claims to have "never declared psychiatry illegal"

The Secretary of State for Persons with Disabilities had shocked some of the psychiatrists, presenting the first results of the national strategy on autism.

Secretary of State Sophie Cluzel, "shocked at the interpretation" made of her statements on RMC on April 1, said Monday that she "never declared illegal psychiatry" to be "in its proper place" in the strategy for autism.

Sophie Cluzel, who presented the first results of the national strategy on autism, asked April 1 "stop talking about psychiatry, and we really talk about good care, very early".

"Irresponsible" remarks, according to the unions. "I have never declared psychiatry illegal," said the secretary of state to AFP, referring to a headline of the daily Libération ("Autism, when the Secretary of State declares illegal psychiatry").

Eleven unions and learned societies of psychiatrists had denounced Friday the words "irresponsible" and "unworthy" of the Secretary of State for Persons with Disabilities.

"Psychiatry has its place," says Sophie Cluzel. "There is nothing irresponsible to say that we want very early care with a multidisciplinary intervention.Psychiatry has its place, but its right place, in cooperation and in consultation with all doctors, general practitioners, PMI doctors and medico-social workers. " "It is imperative that psychiatry accelerates in the diagnosis of adults who are in psychiatric hospitals inadequately" says Sophie Cluzel, who believes that psychiatrists "do not collaborate quickly enough with the medico-social.There are still many adults who are in psychiatric hospitals and it is necessary to speed up the diagnosis, in collaboration with the medico-social, to be able to work on the exit of these adults ".

The National Professional Council of Psychiatry (CNPP), which groups these 11 organizations, had criticized the member of the government for "brutal assessments" that "discourage and afflict" a profession on which "a member of the government allows himself to throw the stigma ", instead of" remaining consistent with the Minister of Health and the President of the Republic ".

In late February, Emmanuel Macron promised to "reinvest" in psychiatry, especially to "give a perspective to child psychiatry."