[Psychiatric emergencies in adolescents]. / Urgences psychiatriques à l'adolescence.

Psychiatric emergencies in adolescents, apart from difficulties also found in adults, present specific difficulties linked to psychological characteristics of this period of life and to importance of familial interactions. "Real" emergencies or situations felt to be emergencies, they all need that we take time for serious assessment. Drugs and hospitalization are possible responses but must be challenged with much care. After some general aspects of these emergencies, we detail the most frequent clinical situations.