[The place of gentleness in joint perinatal psychiatric care].

Abstract

The complexity and specificity of joint care in perinatal psychiatry call for a rethinking of gentleness. Allowing oneself to make it the object of reflection in its own right means summoning up an essential dimension of welcoming, carrying and meeting the other, which are at the heart of support. Articulating adversity and fragility, creativity and destructiveness, gentleness is a quality, a texture on which a care team can rely from both a clinical and an institutional point of view.