[Forward psychiatry, a practice guided by a committed doctrine].

Abstract

Wartime psychiatry, a discipline combining care and expertise, bears witness to the extraordinary commitment of its caregivers. The practice of providing psychological care to military personnel is multi-faceted, from the operational context, where psychiatrists and psychologists are deployed to provide "forward" psychiatry, to medical repatriation and the coordination of care it presupposes, as well as sensitive modes of communication with commanding officers. These methods of action in the field provide the basis for sustained care over the medium and long term, where specific psychotherapeutic approaches to military personnel, wounded in their soul and sometimes in their flesh, can be developed.