[The taboo of sex in a medical-social facility]

Abstract

A specialised care home in the Essonne accommodates stabilised psychiatric patients. In order to respect their desires and their needs, the teams draw on the values of the Gineste-Marescotti care methodology which aims to ensure these needs are fulfilled, in particular fundamental sexual needs. The personalised care project, drawn up by the team and the resident, offers an adapted response to each case. This approach enables the taboo of sexuality, still present in institutions, to be overcome.

Keywords: besoin; desire; désir; medical-social facility; need; philosophical value; psychiatrie; psychiatry; sexuality; sexualité; structure médico-sociale; taboo; tabou; valeur philosophique.