MEDICOPSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS IN EMER GENCY SITUATION DURING A FRENCH FORCES OPERATIONAL MISSION

Since the involvement of psychiatrists in French Forces Operational Mi ssions, a new practice has appeared: the medico-psychological interven tion in emergency situations within units, This lecture emphazises the common action of the psychiatrists and unit physicians who have worke d together in ex-Yugoslavia in a crisis context where soldiers have be en confronted with trying situations: injured or killed people after a ccidents, suicides, missions in a disaster context. The objectives of this action have been the screening and treatment of soldiers facing d ifficulties, art individual help to overcome this stressful situation, a prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder This action is put int o practice by the psychiatrist and the unit physician together.