Moselle. Mental health, a major national cause: “It is essential to free speech”

Mental health has been designated a major national cause by the government in 2025 , with the aim of freeing up speech, improving access to care, information, and prevention. What concrete progress has the Sarreguemines specialized hospital center made? None, except breaking a taboo. "The only relevant thing is that we talk about it," insists ^Dr. Charles Gentilhomme, psychiatrist , president of the establishment's medical commission. "This major cause introduces an essential subject: we must be able to consider mental health as we consider the League against Cancer. But people are less afraid of going to see a doctor for a tumor diagnosis than a psychiatrist, who labels you as depressive. Yet, when you see what people go through with depression, it is discomfort, difficulties, and suffering that are real."

For Martine, who has been followed for five years by ^Dr. Gentilhomme,...

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