Centre Hospitalier Esquirol

The Centre Hospitalier Esquirol is a French public healthcare establishment focused on psychiatry and mental health, based in Limoges in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It describes itself as an 'établissement public à vocation départementale' — a public institution with a departmental remit — and its activity is aimed at children and adolescents, adults and elderly people. Its catchment area covers the whole of Haute-Vienne, and for certain specialised care pathways it extends across the former Limousin territory, notably the 'Blessés de l'Encéphale' (brain-injury) pathway. The hospital organises its care offer around consultation, hospitalisation, emergency care and other modes of treatment. Its clinical scope includes general adult psychiatry, psychiatry of the elderly, level-3 addictology, infant-juvenile psychiatry, psycho-rehabilitation, psychogeriatrics and care for people with acquired brain injury. According to French Wikipedia, the centre employs more than 1,500 staff and has a capacity of 922 beds and places. Capacity is distributed across several areas: general adult psychiatry (510 beds and places), psychiatry of the elderly (115), level-3 addictology (96, including 20 in follow-up and rehabilitation care), eight therapeutic coordination apartments, infant-juvenile psychiatry (70), brain-injured patients (47, including 15 in a vegetative/coma-like state unit), one UEROS unit (evaluation, retraining and social and vocational orientation) plus a network, a resource centre and a mobile team, and a specialised reception home (MAS) with 55 places. The establishment is structured into six pôles: three linked to psychiatry (child/adolescent and perinatal; adult; elderly and addictology), one focused on cross-cutting activities, one dedicated to brain-injured patients (the Adrien-Dany pole), and one for service users. It also hosts a 'fédération universitaire de recherche et d'innovation et d'enseignement' (FURIE) devoted to research in mental health and psychiatry, with projects based on biological and clinical approaches. Governance follows the French public hospital model: a director who leads the establishment's general policy, a directoire that supports the director in managing and running the hospital, and a conseil de surveillance that rules on strategy and controls management. The main entrance is at 15 rue du Docteur Marcland in Limoges, served by bus lines 2, 10, 12 and 14, with parking on rue du Docteur Marcland. The hospital actively recruits across many professions and offers staff benefits such as internal mobility, continuing education, a staff canteen, a staff crèche, a favourable leave scheme and a social club.

The Centre Hospitalier Esquirol is a public mental-health establishment in Limoges, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. It is named after Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol, the nineteenth-century French psychiatrist regarded as a founder of modern clinical psychiatry, though the evidence supplied here does not document the circumstances or date of the naming. The hospital presents itself as an 'établissement public à vocation départementale' — a public institution with a departmental remit — and its activity is directed at children and adolescents, adults and elderly people. Its catchment area covers the whole of Haute-Vienne, and for certain specialised care pathways it extends across the former Limousin territory, notably the 'Blessés de l'Encéphale' (brain-injury) pathway. Over time the establishment has developed a broad clinical scope that includes general adult psychiatry, psychiatry of the elderly, level-3 addictology, infant-juvenile psychiatry, psycho-rehabilitation and psychogeriatrics, alongside care for people with acquired brain injury. According to French Wikipedia, the centre employs more than 1,500 staff and has a capacity of 922 beds and places. That capacity is distributed across general adult psychiatry (510 beds and places), psychiatry of the elderly (115), level-3 addictology (96, including 20 in follow-up and rehabilitation care), eight therapeutic coordination apartments, infant-juvenile psychiatry (70), brain-injured patients (47, including 15 in a vegetative/coma-like state unit), one UEROS unit (evaluation, retraining and social and vocational orientation) plus a network, a resource centre and a mobile team, and a specialised reception home (MAS) with 55 places. The hospital is organised into six pôles: three linked to psychiatry (child/adolescent and perinatal; adult; elderly and addictology), one focused on cross-cutting activities, one dedicated to brain-injured patients (the Adrien-Dany pole), and one for service users. It also hosts a 'fédération universitaire de recherche et d'innovation et d'enseignement' (FURIE) devoted to research in mental health and psychiatry, whose main research projects are based on biological and clinical approaches and aim to understand how to care for people and treat these pathologies. Governance follows the French public hospital model: a director who leads the establishment's general policy, a directoire whose main purpose is to support the director in managing and running the hospital, and a conseil de surveillance whose mission is to rule on the establishment's strategy and to control its management. The main entrance is at 15 rue du Docteur Marcland in Limoges, served by bus lines 2, 10, 12 and 14, with parking on rue du Docteur Marcland. The hospital actively recruits across many professions, requiring a complete and up-to-date vaccination status, and offers staff benefits including internal mobility, continuing education, a staff canteen, a staff crèche, a favourable leave scheme and a social club.

• The Centre Hospitalier Esquirol operates as a public mental-health establishment based in Limoges, serving Haute-Vienne and, for certain pathways, the former Limousin region.

• The establishment reports a capacity of 922 beds and places and more than 1,500 staff.

• The hospital is organised into six pôles, including the Adrien-Dany pole for brain-injured patients and a pole for service users.

• The FURIE university federation for research, innovation and teaching conducts mental-health and psychiatry research.

• The hospital announces the start of the programmes 'Le sevrage d'alcool, ici on en parle' and 'L'addiction, ici on en parle', and a support group for families affected by eating disorders.

A departmental public mental-health hospital centre for Haute-Vienne and, for certain specialised pathways, the former Limousin region.

• General adult psychiatry

• Psychiatry of the elderly

• Level-3 addictology

• Infant-juvenile psychiatry

• Brain-injured patients

• Therapeutic coordination apartments

• UEROS unit

• Specialised reception home (MAS)

1. 1Accueil - CH Esquirol Limogesch-esquirol-limoges.fr
2. 2Centre Hospitalier Esquirolwikidata.org
3. 3Centre hospitalier Esquirolfr.wikipedia.org