Winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, *Entre les murs* (The Class), Laurent Cantet's film released in France in September 2008, sparked intense debate in educational...

Mental distress and unwellness are the number one health issue among young people living in precarious circumstances or facing social exclusion. Christis Demetriades, a clinical...

In 2008, Crésif trained eighty professionals from local employment agencies in health education. These training sessions are continuing in 2009. Dr. Meryem Belkacemi points out that...

The constant media coverage of new and emerging risks—such as avian influenza and SARS—has heightened the public’s perception of these risks, sometimes to a degree that is out of...

Local missions—486 of them in France—are tasked with supporting young people in their transition into the workforce. Taking their health into account and providing support to promote...

In 1981, Bertrand Schwartz, in a report that remains relevant today, painted an alarming picture of the situation facing young people struggling to enter the workforce and made practical...

Helping the young people she works with take charge of their own health: that is the goal psychologist Carol Susagna has set for herself. While aware of the limits of her work—guiding...

Health screening centers have conducted a comprehensive study on the health of young people facing difficulties in integrating into society. The findings are clear: these young people...

Joël Dutertre is a doctor working with a local youth outreach program in the Île-de-France region. He provides an overview of his daily work and the circumstances of the young people he...

How should we support young people struggling with social integration? Xavier Pommereau, a hospital psychiatrist, has been seeing them on a daily basis for many years at the adolescent...