The existence of a suicidal sur-risk among young minors placed by child protection is better and better established. But how can we identify this risk and intervene? Two sociologists synthesize their research on the issue in a issue of “Child protection research echos”.
This publication reports on the research work of two sociologists entitled “Subicidal State of young people in collective child protection structure: what partnership, prevention and intervention resources for professionals? It highlights the suicidal taboo in child protection and provides information on the various factors to make the risk of risks within guys. The difficulties of identifying and qualifying suicidal risk may feed on the conditions of care in a collective framework but also of the frequency of risky behaviors among young entrusted. For the authors, ” lift the unspeakable Constitutes one of the essential prerequisites for prevention and care.
Here is their conclusion :
“Thus, if it seems essential to increase the supply of care and its accessibility, it would be advisable to discuss socialization to care as a component of socio-educational work. The foray of care in everyday life deserves to be recognized and encouraged as emotional support, the encouragement of minors to verbalize and identify their suicidal ideations and to be reflexivity. The richness of resources already mobilized by professionals of collective structures – “bobology”, the different tools for capacity, mediation and particularized attention – should be better visited, valued and supported by better working conditions. While caregivers’ techniques – dare to question suicidal ideas, receive the words of minors, respond to them by adding to clinicians, support security plans and coping strategies – should be able to reappropriate taking into account real conditions of work in collective structure ”.
• Suicidal risk of the minors entrusted: lift the unspeakable, n ° 22, April 2025, echoes of child protection research written by Charlène Charles and Christophe Trombert, sociologists, from their research supported by the ONPE scientific council (National Observatory for Child Protection).
