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These were grouped into categories.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>53 of 70 team managers mentioned concerns, many of them serious and expressing a negative attitude towards giving money for depot adherence. Four broad categories of ethical concern following Christensen\u2019s concept were distinguished: valid consent and refusal (n\u200a=\u200a5), psychiatric paternalism (n\u200a=\u200a31), resource allocation (n\u200a=\u200a4), organisational relationships (n\u200a=\u200a2), with a residual category others and unspecified (n\u200a=\u200a11).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Discussion:<\/jats:bold>The main concerns identified are discussed on the background of existing ethical theories in healthcare and the specific problems of community mental health and AO. Points for practice are derived from this discussion. 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