Approche psychologique des victimes handicapées

Patients admitted to a rehabilitation unit have often lived an experience of violence. They were victims of physical trauma with the cohort of blood loss, anoxia, and infection which occurred in a context of intentional violence (abuse, aggression, suicide), or unintentional violence (traffic accident, home accident, cardiovascular event). Intensive care or neurosurgery can further confront these patients with physical violence resulting from the therapeutic technique or even the healthcare personnel. Care and rehabilitation can thus become an intolerable persecution, lived within a context of psychic violence. Being considered a disabled person does not resolve the problem arising from being a victim of violence. A specific long-term protocol for a psychological approach to this problem is thus required.