L'organisation sociale des « hasards heureux ». Qu'est-ce qu'un soin en psychiatrie ?

Based on fieldwork conducted in a teenage day clinic where the author carried out observations and interviews with patients, this paper takes a sociological approach to psychiatric care. We argue that the therapeutic dimensions of daily life in a hospital can be included in the sociology of psychiatric work. To this end, we describe interactions that take place in the hospital through the prism of uncertainty - an inherent part of care - and how it impacts the identity of the actors involved (care givers and patients). The "social drama of work" that stems from this configuration can then be understood as a condition of care-giving on its emotional side.