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1Samsah Oxygene, 3ter, avenue du Léman, 74100 Annemasse, France.
Abstract:
Denial is an unconscious defence mechanism. Found in people with psychosis, it can make the task of supporting these patients difficult. The French service for the medical-social support of disabled adults (SAMSAH) is confronted with this defence mechanism. Rather than a therapeutic relationship, the mission of this service is one of psychosocial rehabilitation. Placed in a position of impotence, those supporting the patients need to analyse the notion of the relationship and the feelings which the person makes them experience.
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