Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit

The Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit (commonly shortened to CH Laborit) is a French public health establishment based in Poitiers, in the Vienne department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It presents itself as the reference public institution for psychiatry and mental health in the Vienne, and its clinical organisation is built entirely around mental health care rather than general medicine. Its services are structured by age-based care pathways, covering children and adolescents, adults, and older people, alongside specialised programmes such as addictology, psychosocial rehabilitation, psychotraumatology, and forensic psychiatry. The hospital's care offering is organised into three main age filières. The child and adolescent pathway (pédopsychiatrie) spans ages 0 to 18 and is subdivided into perinatal and early childhood care (0–6 years), childhood (6–12 years), adolescence (12–18 years), mobile teams and prevention, and complex developmental disorders. The adult pathway covers ages 18 to 75 and includes consultations, full hospitalisation, day hospitals, an addictology filière, psychosocial rehabilitation, medico-social structures, mental health prevention and promotion, a psychotraumatology centre, and legal psychiatry. A third pathway addresses people aged 75 and over. As a public establishment, CH Laborit operates as a state-owned healthcare provider rather than a commercial company. It is a major employer and training site in the region, actively recruiting and maintaining a public-facing institutional presence through its website, which publishes news, events, and community activities. Its communication highlights both clinical services and broader institutional life, including a social centre, cultural events, and participation in local initiatives such as inter-company challenges and nature-and-wellbeing afternoons. The hospital is named after Henri Laborit, the French surgeon and researcher known for his work in anaesthesia and psychopharmacology, reflecting its psychiatric specialisation. Its official web presence is at ch-laborit.fr, and it serves patients and referring professionals across the Vienne. Because it is a public hospital rather than a commercial brand, its 'offer' is a catalogue of care services, and its 'market' is the population of its catchment area.

The Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit is a public psychiatric hospital based in Poitiers, in the Vienne department of western France. It is named after Henri Laborit, the French surgeon and researcher whose work in anaesthesia and psychopharmacology is associated with the development of modern psychiatric medication. The hospital's identity is closely tied to its specialisation: it describes itself as the reference public establishment for psychiatry and mental health in the Vienne. Over time, the institution has organised its clinical activity around age-based care pathways rather than a single general hospital model. Its published service structure divides care into three broad filières: children and adolescents (0–18 years), adults (18–75 years), and older people (75 years and over). Within the child and adolescent pathway, services are further segmented into perinatal and early childhood care (0–6 years), childhood (6–12 years), adolescence (12–18 years), mobile teams and prevention, and complex developmental disorders. The adult pathway includes consultations, full hospitalisation, day hospitals, an addictology filière, psychosocial rehabilitation, medico-social structures, mental health prevention and promotion, a psychotraumatology centre, and legal psychiatry. As a public health establishment, CH Laborit is state-owned and operates as a public service rather than a commercial enterprise. Its website functions as both a patient-facing information portal and an institutional communication channel, publishing news about clinical services, recruitment, donations, and community life. Recent items on its homepage include a France 3 report on supporting separation from one's baby with Dr Charlotte Xavier-David, the Social Centre's October activity programme, participation in the Accessifs' Nature & Well-being afternoon, an inter-company challenge with ten CH Laborit teams, and a colloquium on atypical eating disorders in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The hospital is located in Poitiers and serves the Vienne. Its public contact number is published on its website. Because it is a public institution, its history is one of service organisation and specialisation in mental health rather than commercial expansion, and its 'brand' is essentially its institutional identity as the psychiatric reference centre for its territory.

• Official website publishes news and institutional updates, including clinical reports and community events

• Service structure organised into age-based care pathways: children and adolescents (0–18), adults (18–75), older people (75+)

• Adult care pathway includes consultations, full hospitalisation, day hospitals, addictology, psychosocial rehabilitation, medico-social structures, prevention, psychotraumatology, and legal psychiatry

• Child and adolescent psychiatry pathway segmented into perinatal/early childhood (0–6), childhood (6–12), adolescence (12–18), mobile teams and prevention, and complex developmental disorders

The public reference establishment for psychiatry and mental health in the Vienne department, offering age-organised care pathways and specialised mental health services.

• Adult psychiatric consultations

  Consultations for any adult experiencing psychological or psychiatric difficulty.

• Full hospitalisation

  Inpatient psychiatric care for adults.

• Day hospitals

  Part-time hospital care for adults.

• Addictology filière

  Care pathway for addiction-related disorders.

• Psychosocial rehabilitation

  Rehabilitation services supporting recovery and social integration.

• Medico-social structures

  Medico-social facilities linked to the hospital's care offering.

• Mental health prevention and promotion

  Prevention and mental health promotion activities.

• Psychotraumatology centre

  Specialised centre for psychological trauma.

• Legal psychiatry

  Forensic psychiatric services.

• Pédopsychiatrie (child and adolescent psychiatry)

  Care for ages 0–18, including perinatal, childhood, and adolescent services.

• Perinatal and early childhood care (0–6 years)

  Early childhood mental health services.

• Childhood care (6–12 years)

  Mental health services for children aged 6–12.

• Adolescent care (12–18 years)

  Mental health services for adolescents aged 12–18.

• Mobile teams and prevention

  Mobile outreach and prevention services for children and adolescents.

• Complex developmental disorders

  Services for complex developmental disorders (page under construction).

• Care for people aged 75 and over

  Mental health services for older adults.

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2. 2Services de soins – Centre hospitalier Laboritch-laborit.fr
3. 3Adultes – Centre hospitalier Laboritch-laborit.fr
4. 4Enfants et adolescents : la pédopsychiatrie – Centre hospitalier Laboritch-laborit.fr
5. 5Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit – Wikidatawikidata.org