“Faced with the deleterious state of psychiatry in France, it is urgent to generalize access to care,” says Eugénie Bastié. The average time a patient must submit to obtain a check-up appointment with the Expert Centers coordinated by the FondaMental foundation is two years.

The Centers support patients living with depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or autism spectrum disorder. Around fifty Centers are now spread across the country and have made it possible to diagnose and monitor more than 20,000 patients.