This 2005 report by the New Zealand Mental Health Commission is the only study assessing to what degree an intensive home treatment service fosters recovery. It is a qualitative research study of the first intensive home treatment service in New Zealand-the Capital and Coast home treatment team-started in 2001.The study found that home treatment performed well, and sometimes extremely well on most of the recovery dimensions. It had a recovery philosophy , it provided services at home, and it was offered as a choice and it was seen as a service that resulted in less stigma. The team was very accessible, and they were flexible in terms of the services they provided. They took a collaborative approach and a whole of life approach .Dealing with the crisis in context, they fostered support from families.Lacking, were opportunity for peer support . New Zealand has been a leader in incorporating recovery principles into its mental health system. Experiencing a Recovery-Oriented Acute Mental Health Service