From the compulsory care program to the project of care for all

Approximatively 40 percent of patients in compulsory inpatient care are discharged with a compulsory community care program. These involuntary treatments were created to allow the people concerned to live outside of hospital, to re-integrate into the community as soon as possible, to look ahead to the future as responsible citizens, and to get on with their lives while receiving care, despite their objections. The patient's opinion on the proposed treatment is collected upstream by the psychiatrist. For the family, there are also great expectations that these programs constitute a form of “intensive care,” providing a framework that would allow the patient to understand the nature and scope of their disorder and to gradually consent to treatment.UNAFAM recommends carrying out a social and familial assessment of the patient in order to provide a form of social and medical support as soon as the care program begins.