La toponymie de l'Ile d'Orléans

The writer situates the Island of Orleans and briefly describes its physiography and history of settlement. The toponymy imposed during the early French regime (toponymie primitive)is described —with a few notable exceptions {Orléans, Argentenay, Beaulieu and Cap de Condé) these place names have almost entirely disappeared. Much of the present toponymy was established after 1666 and originates principally from Catholic parish names and from local usage. The major place names of the island were imposed by Church authorities but the minor toponyms were created by the local inhabitants. The island's toponymy is described as dynamic because many of the original place names have either been replaced or altered. The writer is of the opinion that toponymy should conform with reality ; consequently he deplores the fact that local usage is frequently ignored on contemporary maps of the Island of Orleans. An index of place names of the Island of Orleans is appended to the text

Formes de l’appauvrissement et insertion sociale des jeunes adultes psychiatrisés

La question de l'insertion sociale des jeunes adultes psychiatrisés se pose différemment pour les intervenants et pour les usagers des services de santé mentale. Le personnel institutionnel est coincé dans un réseau important de contradictions et vit l'ambivalence d'un milieu institutionnel qui doit désinstitutionnaliser. Pour le jeune adulte psychiatrisé, l'insertion sociale se pose en termes de qualité de vie : un passage à l'extérieur est-il possible dans un contexte d'appauvrissement imposé à la fois par la structure institutionnelle et par le système social ?Social integration of young adult psychiatric patients is seen differently by those who dispense psychiatric and institutional services, and the people who use those services. Institutional personnel are caught in a web of contradictions, living the strange ambivalence of an institution which must deinstitution-alize its clientele. On the other hand, the young adult using mental health services sees the impact social integration will have on his quality of life : is life "outside" possible when both institutional organization and conditions within society contribute to impoverishing one's personality and resources

La théorie des systèmes développementaux et la construction sociale des maladies mentales

Dans ce texte, nous proposons un cadre, qui vise à intégrer les contributions des approches constructionnistes et biologiques dans un domaine précis, celui des maladies mentales. Pour ce faire, nous utiliserons quelques propositions récentes faites par des philosophes de la biologie — plus spécifiquement les idées avancées par les tenants de la « théorie des systèmes développementaux » (TSD dans ce qui suit ; Griffiths et Gray, 1994 ; Griffiths et Stoltz, 2000 ; Oyama, 1999) ainsi que la notion d’« enracinement génératif » (generative entrenchment ; Wimsatt, 1986, 1999, 2000).In this paper, we are proposing a framework to integrate the core insights of the constructivist and biological approaches of mental illness. In order to do so, we will use some recent propositions by philosophers of biology, specifically ideas put forth by «developmental system theory» (Griffiths et Gray 1994, Griffiths et Stotz 2000 ; Oyama 1999) and the notion of «generative entrenchment» (Wimsatt 1986, 1999, 2000)