On December 5, the Boissel Foundation will inaugurate in Vienna a day hospital for adolescents. More precisely, it will be a creative intensive therapeutic reception center for adolescents (Atica) intended to support young people in psychological suffering.
This day hospital offers multidisciplinary and creative approach to adolescents aged 11 to 17followed by the adolescent medical-psychological center or referred by child psychiatry structures in the region. Young people whose psychological disorders alter their daily lives and who are volunteers to join the therapeutic project.
“This initiative responds to an urgent and growing need for services adapted to adolescents, in particular since the closure of the children’s day hospital in 2021. The closure of this previous structure is explained by a progressive mismatch between the offer of care and the real needs of the territory, where psychological difficulties have particularly increased among adolescents, making it necessary to provide care specifically focused on this age group.specifies the Georges-Boissel foundation.
Atica: destigmatizing psychiatric disorders and supporting differently
This unit opens in Vienna city centerPlace Charles-de-Gaulle, and near educational establishments.
Care is structured aroundartistic, cultural and sporting activitieswhich aim to strengthen adolescents’ self-esteem and promote their emotional well-being. Young people benefit from intensive support, spread over two to three half-days per week, for cycles of six to seven weeks aligned with the school calendar, and supplemented by parental monitoring in the form of psychological consultations and weekly “parent coffee” type meetings.
A coordinated and specialized system
The Atica team, made up of health professionals and specialists in psychological and educational support, brings together a child psychiatrist, two psychologists, a psychomotor therapist, four nurses, a teacher for educational monitoring, a secretary and a health manager.
New premises in Grenoble for the Arbre Fruité restaurant
A Grenoble, the solidarity restaurant Arbre Fruité of the Boissel Foundation has moved to new premises, at 12 avenue Jean-Perrot. After 30 years of activity in the Villeneuve district, this moving was guided by a need to larger and more functional premises. To meet customer demand, the establishment now offers a range of take-away sales as well as self-service, can accommodate up to 80 place settings in 2025, with objectives of dprogressive development over the next three years. At the same time, the traditional table service is maintained (20 daily covers in 2025), as well as a delivery service now open to all customers.
The solidarity restaurant contributes tosocial and professional integrationemploying 14 people in fixed-term integration contract (CDDI), supervised by three professionals. These six-month contracts, renewable up to three times, offer employees broad and progressive training to help them find stable employment. Each employee benefits from personalized support to advance their professional project.
