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The situation today is far from reassuring four years after the collaborative report from INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) on “Conduct Disorders,” which led to turmoil among professionals and gave rise to the group “No conduct 0.” The general management and research structures of INSERM have been renewed in a way unfavorable to Psychiatry, and its collaborative report on learning disorders did not show that INSERM had really integrated the necessity of rethinking the very structure of these collaborative assessments in the field of mental health. In addition, we are now witnessing a revival of the early detection of so-called “future delinquents” in day care centers, as well as a serious attack against preschool and RASED (Networks of Specialized Help for Pupils in Difficulty). All this movement towards biologizing thought threatens the most vulnerable and creates huge risks for the place of the human sciences in our culture and our universities.