Health and Social Case Management for the Inclusion of People Living with a Schizophrenic Disorder: The PASSVers Experience
Résumé
The way the social protection system in France is organized frequently leads to coordination difculties between the social
and healthcare sectors. A health and social program has been implemented in a French medical-psychological center to
optimize the coherence of the pathway for people living with schizophrenia. This study evaluated the way users and professionals perceive this program so as to assess the relevance of double case management. Semi-structured interviews were
conducted with users (N = 21) and professionals (N = 11) of this program and then analyzed with Alceste software. The
results highlight the overall satisfaction of the participants with the program, and the double case management was shown
to be benefcial in supporting people living with schizophrenia in their life project. These results indicate that this program
enabled the emergence of a collective empowerment, which could assist with the recovery process of schizophrenia.