[Consultado, an outpatient facility for adolescents]

Adolescence is a pivotal period in the construction of identity. The individuation process at stake creates a fragile context. However, the quality of this process is what determines the development of the young adult. In this perspective, this period of life is often described as a time of rupture, of great reorganisation. When an acute psychiatric crisis occurs at the heart of this complex movement, the Consultado system intervenes. This meeting between the care provider, the young person and his or her family constitutes a time that is both singular and central, set in a short time frame.