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[School phobia in adolescents, treatment and return to school]
Catherine Longueville1, Fabien Lesclous
1Unité de traitement à domicile, service de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, CHU, Caen. longueville-c@chu-caen.fr
Abstract:
School refusal is a particular entity which involves the school, treatment and the family. The therapy is complex and necessarily multimodal. Treatment aims towards a rapid return to full-time schooling in the usual environment. It is backed up by a psychological support network of caregivers and a sufficiently containing and restrictive hospitalisation in a specialised unit.
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