Adolescents do not exist alone. Involving parents in care with creativity in a “Maison des adolescents”

The theme of the 21st International Congress of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, “Beyond Nature and Nurture,” focused on issues surrounding the future of child and adolescent psychiatry. In particular, it focused on how the role of family involvement is evolving in child and adolescent psychiatry. Many mental health disorders affecting young people require a focus on the context and environment of the youth. The “Maisons des Adolescents” take into account the complexity of disorders that emerge during adolescence and their multifactorial causes. Psychological suffering can lead to major health risks, and these disorders often require family involvement. In our symposium, we described different forms of care involving parents in a research and a clinical setting. We looked at the management of suicidal crises in a day-hospital setting and the therapeutic education program for bulimia and binge eating disorder.