Psychiatric compulsory community treatment programmes are widely and heterogeneously used measures of coercion. The recovery oriented mental health service 59G21 used them to minimize violating the rights of persons under compulsory care. Based on a clinical situation of failing this objective, we discuss their place in the health system and the reasons why we chose to move towards a "zero recourse" objective.
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