Paracelsus Recovery

Assessed 2026-10-01

Headline basis: Public evidenceThe headline number is the public score, not the extended score., LROAS 1.0.0, edition 2026-10-01

Public-evidence total: 61 · With clinic-supplied information: 66

The sum of the ten criterion scores, from 10 to 100, using evidence anyone can check, including the clinic's own pages as self-declared statements. For the licence element of C2 only, it can also use an authority ruling held in our sealed evidence room. It is the only number used for the rank.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium. ProvisionalA check was still open when the edition closed, for example a register lookup or a video not yet received, or evidence under embargo.: C10.

C1 Client separation and occupancy · 8

The clinic runs three named residences (Harmonia, Equilibria, Serenitas), each for one client, and its therapy list contains no group therapy, which establishes single occupancy per residence. The clinic space used for medical care and fitness sits outside the residences and is reached by driver, so it is shared across residences by scheduling, and separation at arrival and departure is not published; this keeps the level at single occupancy per residence. The clinic's 'one person at a time' statement and press figures of three or four clients on site are read as one client per residence against a site total across three residences, a difference of unit rather than a contradiction, so no deduction applies. The top band is not reachable because no official capacity record per address is published by the Canton of Zurich.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• The street addresses of the three residences are not published, so separation between residences cannot be checked on site.
• Press sources give different on-site client totals (three, three or four); the clinic's own pages give no site total.

Sources (6 cited items):

• Paracelsus Recovery: Three residences, Harmonia, Equilibria and Serenitas, each about 250 square metres with a master bedroom, en-suite bathroom, fully equipped kitchen and dedicated spaces for therapy, treatment or relaxation; for medical care or fitness a personal driver takes the client to the clinic or dedicated spaces.
• Paracelsus Recovery: The programmes page states that the clinic treats only one person at a time in its residential clinic.
• Paracelsus Recovery: The types-of-therapies page lists individual, family, nutritional and complementary therapies and no group therapy.
• Paracelsus Recovery: Privacy measures named on the residential programme page: redaction of the client's name in all internal communications, untraceable licence plates, encrypted communications and staff confidentiality agreements.
• thenationalnews.com: The National, 7 June 2024, a bylined account of several days on site: never more than three people in the clinic's care at any time, no client will ever see another client while on the premises, and arrangements between the apartments and the clinic sometimes need adjusting.
• Paracelsus Recovery: Place of care named as: Paracelsus Recovery, Utoquai 43, 8008 Zurich (clinic address; named penthouse residences Harmonia, Equilibria, Serenitas in Zurich)

C2 Clinical governance and medical cover · 7

The Impressum states a medical licence issued by the health authority of the Canton of Zurich, with no licence number and no category, and the canton publishes no list of permit holders. Sealed evidence supports C2.G1 (licensing): an authority ruling held in the sealed evidence room, not yet inspected, whose content is not published. A Medical Director and a Lead Psychiatrist, both physicians, are named on the team page, and the FAQ page places direct clinical responsibility with the Chief Medical Officer (G2). Medically supervised withdrawal is delivered in the residence (G4), non-psychiatric care is covered by a medical doctor and a cardiologist (G5), and the FAQ page names Hirslanden Private Hospital Group and University Hospital Zurich as escalation hospitals (G6). G1, G2 and three of G3 to G8 give band 7. Band 8 needs a fourth: G3 is not met, because the FAQ's on-call night doctor is not stated as part of the standard fee and the price page lists 24-hour doctor or psychiatrist presence as a separately charged extra; no accreditation or complex-psychiatry programme is published.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• The licence rests on sealed evidence that has not been inspected; Zurich publishes no list of permit holders.
• The FAQ answers were captured on 2026-10-01; an earlier capture of the site did not record them, and when they were first published is not established.
• The FAQ states that a doctor is on call at night, but not that this is part of the standard fee; the price page lists 24-hour doctor or psychiatrist presence as a separately charged extra, so G3 is not met.

Sources (14 cited items):

• Paracelsus Recovery: Impressum names the operating entity PRC Group AG, company number CH-020.3.039.001-2, and states a medical licence issued by the health authority of the Canton of Zurich, with no licence number and no category.
• zh.ch: The Canton of Zurich operating-licence page describes the operating licences the canton issues and publishes no list of permit holders. Zurich publishes institution lists only for hospitals and certain regulated categories, and this clinic is in neither, so no entry is available to it.
• healthreg-public.admin.ch: Medical register lookups on 2026-09-15 confirmed the lead psychiatrist and five further psychiatrists as physicians with the specialist qualification Psychiatry and psychotherapy, canton of authorisation Zurich. Individual professional licences are the route by which clinicians at this site are entitled to practise.
• Paracelsus Recovery: The team page names a Medical Director, a Group Medical Director, a Lead Psychiatrist, five further psychiatrists, a medical doctor, a cardiologist, an orthopaedic surgeon and three clinical coordinators.
• Paracelsus Recovery: The Executive Detox page states twenty-four hour medical supervision and care, a twenty-four hour live-in therapist and medically assisted withdrawal, with detox carried out in the residences.
• Paracelsus Recovery: The residential programme page states '24-hour care from a dedicated team, including live-in therapists, doctors, psychologists, and complementary therapists', and names only the live-in therapist as present in the residence overnight; no physician or psychiatrist is named on site or on call at night.
• JCI accredited organisations list, country filter Switzerland: Search of JCI accredited organisations list, country filter Switzerland. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (accreditation). Result: no record found.
• CARF provider search (store locator, 500 miles around Zurich): Search of CARF provider search (store locator, 500 miles around Zurich). Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (accreditation). Result: no record found.
• IAF CertSearch company search: Search of IAF CertSearch company search. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (accreditation). Result: no record found.
• IAF CertSearch company search: Search of IAF CertSearch company search. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (accreditation). Result: no record found.
• FAQs - Paracelsus Recovery: The clinic's FAQ page names Hirslanden Private Hospital Group (Klinik Hirslanden and Klinik Im Park) for 24-hour readiness for emergency surgical procedures, and University Hospital Zurich (USZ) for highly complex or life-threatening cases.
• FAQs - Paracelsus Recovery: The clinic's FAQ page names University Hospital Zurich (USZ) as the hospital used where the situation is highly complex or life-threatening.
• FAQs - Paracelsus Recovery: The clinic's FAQ page states that a doctor is on call at night, with 24-hour support from the live-in therapist and the wider team. It does not say that the on-call doctor is part of the standard fee.
• FAQs - Paracelsus Recovery: The clinic's FAQ page states that direct clinical responsibility is legally held by the Chief Medical Officer (Medical Director), with overall responsibility for clinical governance with the executive management.

C3 Diagnostic depth on admission · 8

The FAQ page offers a paid 60-minute consultation with the named Head Psychiatrist, with a written report, before committing to treatment (E1). Admission begins with psychiatric assessment (E2), extensive medical check-ups (E5) and laboratory tests (E4); the residential fee includes genetic testing and the psychiatry page describes diagnosis that integrates genomics, neuroimaging and biomarker analysis (E6), and a three-day assessment is sold as a named product (E8). A 2024 bylined visit observed blood testing, body-composition scanning and consultation rooms on site. Six elements including E2, E4 and E5 give band 8. Band 9 needs a written multidisciplinary formulation or diagnostic report delivered to the client in the residential pathway (E7), which is not published.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• Whether neuroimaging is performed on site or through a partner is not stated.
• The FAQ answers were captured on 2026-10-01; an earlier capture of the site did not record them, and when they were first published is not established.

Sources (5 cited items):

• Paracelsus Recovery: The residential programme begins with an elaborate assessment procedure including psychiatric assessments, extensive medical check-ups and laboratory tests.
• Paracelsus Recovery: The residential fee includes a full medical and psychological analysis, genetic testing, extensive laboratory tests, a sleep, lifestyle and nutritional assessment and a personal psychiatrist.
• Paracelsus Recovery: The psychiatry page describes a precision psychiatry approach integrating genomics, neuroimaging and biomarker analysis into diagnosis.
• thenationalnews.com: The National, 7 June 2024: blood testing, body-composition scanning and consultation rooms were observed on site.
• FAQs - Paracelsus Recovery: The clinic's FAQ page states that a paid 60-minute consultation with the named Head Psychiatrist, including a written report, can be arranged before committing to treatment.

C4 Clinical intensity · 5

The residential page publishes at least 8 to 12 hours of one-to-one care a day, but the same sentence includes live-in and complementary therapists, so the figure is an undivided care figure and not counted as one-to-one clinical contact. What remains is a dedicated team of at least fifteen professionals per client and a 24-hour live-in therapist, with no session count and no sample schedule, which places the clinic in band 5. Higher bands need a countable clinical contact figure, and the top band also a sample schedule with independent corroboration.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• Sealed clinic-supplied evidence supports a higher band in the extended score only; the public score does not use it.

Sources (4 cited items):

• Paracelsus Recovery: The residential programme page states at least 8 to 12 hours of one-to-one care a day with no upper limit, alongside twenty-four hour care from a dedicated team including live-in therapists, doctors, psychologists and complementary therapists.
• Paracelsus Recovery: The approach page states that the clinic provides a minimum of 15 dedicated professionals to each client.
• Paracelsus Recovery: The prices page describes the four-week residential programme with many hours of one-to-one daily therapy, a twenty-four hour live-in therapist, a personal psychiatrist and an international team of fifteen or more experts.
• thenationalnews.com: The National, 7 June 2024: a live-in chaperone is described as obligatory for clients.

C5 Continuity and aftercare · 6

Aftercare is a priced programme from CHF 2,500 per day rather than a referral, covering continued individual therapy, remote or in-person psychiatrist sessions with medication management, family and couples therapy, a live-in therapist option at home and direct work with the client's existing doctors: five elements. The band above is not reached because no defined aftercare duration is published (the page says a few weeks up to a year or more) and six months of structured contact is not set out.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Sources (3 cited items):

• Paracelsus Recovery: The aftercare page describes support from a few weeks up to a year or more, a live-in therapist who accompanies the client home with twenty-four hour support from CHF 2,500 per day, ongoing online sessions with the lead psychiatrist, medication management, couple or family therapy, and direct work with the client's existing doctors.
• Paracelsus Recovery: The prices page lists Aftercare Services from CHF 2,500 per day as a guideline, covering ongoing individual therapy, a live-in therapist option, family and couples therapy, remote or in-person psychiatrist sessions and medication management.
• Paracelsus Recovery: Price published by the clinic: Aftercare, live-in therapist

C6 Admission integrity and commercial conduct · 6

The integrity sweep found no violation: no ranking or text addressed to AI assistants on any clinic-controlled domain, and the press page lists fifteen outlet items each linked to the outlet's own domain, with no award presented as accreditation and no sponsored or fee-based item. Two positive signals are published: per-programme prices in five currencies without negotiable or on-application wording (P1), and a voluntary-admission policy on the FAQ page (no one is admitted against their will, and family contact is handled by checking the client's awareness and willingness) (P4). A clean sweep with two signals gives band 6. Band 7 needs a third: the refund if a client is found unsuitable is not a stated policy that unsuitable admissions are declined or referred elsewhere (P3), and no referral-fee position is published (P2). Interventions outside a licensed indication are recorded but not scored under this criterion.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• One related domain was behind a bot check when searched and could not be read.
• Sealed clinic-supplied evidence supports a higher band in the extended score only.
• The FAQ answers were captured on 2026-10-01; an earlier capture of the site did not record them, and when they were first published is not established.

Sources (7 cited items):

• Paracelsus Recovery: The prices page publishes residential at CHF 110,000 per week, Executive Detox at CHF 130,000 per week, the seven-day check-up at CHF 130,000 per week and the three-day assessment at CHF 31,000, in CHF, GBP, EUR, AED and USD, and states that non-inclusive fees are discussed and agreed beforehand.
• Paracelsus Recovery: The press page carries fifteen outlet logos, with no awards and no sponsored items.
• Paracelsus Recovery: The site publishes no AI-instruction path: /ai-instructions/ and /llms.txt both return HTTP 404, and robots.txt disallows named AI crawlers.
• clinic and group domains, web search: Search of clinic and group domains, web search. Scope: domains checked: paracelsus-recovery.com (home, about-us, programmes, residential-rehabilitation-programme, seven-day-executive-detox, 7-day-comprehensive-check-up, 3-day assessment, prices, aftercare-page, approach, types-of-therapies, psychiatry, functional-medicine-treatment, team.... Result: sweep recorded; outcome per the C6 V elements.
• FAQs - Paracelsus Recovery: The clinic's FAQ page states that no one is admitted against their will and that clients are free to leave at any time, with no refund in that case.
• FAQs - Paracelsus Recovery: The clinic's FAQ page states that, when a family member makes contact, the clinic checks whether the potential client is aware of the contact and genuinely willing to engage in treatment.
• FAQs - Paracelsus Recovery: The clinic's FAQ page states that a pre-assessment call with the Head Psychiatrist is part of every admission to confirm clinical suitability, with a full refund if a client is found unsuitable.

C7 Transparency toward the client · 1

Two transparency elements are met: prices with inclusions and exclusions on the prices page, and the operating entity PRC Group AG with its registration number on the Impressum, which gives band 3. No licence number or register link, no ownership statement (an audited LIMES report shows a 56 percent holding), no readable refund terms or complaints route and only a website privacy policy are published. Two deductions apply: the still-live programmes page gives lower fees for the same programmes than the prices page (for example CHF 95,000 against CHF 110,000 per week), and the commercial register records the seat at Utoquai 43, Zurich since a June 2026 statute change while the Impressum still gives Wollerau as the registered address. Band 3 less 2 gives 1.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high

Sources (8 cited items):

• Paracelsus Recovery: The prices page publishes inclusions and exclusions, with travel, accompanying guests, leisure, unrelated medical emergencies, a twenty-four hour doctor or psychiatrist presence and hospitalisation charged separately, but no payment, deposit, refund, extension or early-departure terms.
• Paracelsus Recovery: The programmes page, still live and last modified 13 February 2026, gives CHF 95,000 per week residential, CHF 120,000 Executive Detox, CHF 120,000 check-up and CHF 25,000 three-day assessment, against CHF 110,000, CHF 130,000, CHF 130,000 and CHF 31,000 on the prices page.
• Paracelsus Recovery: The Impressum names PRC Group AG, company number CH-020.3.039.001-2, at Erlenhalde 2b, 8832 Wollerau, with the business address Utoquai 43, 8008 Zurich, a medical licence statement with no number, and no ownership statement.
• zefix.ch: The commercial register records that PRC Group AG moved its seat to Utoquai 43, Zurich, by a statute change of 11 June 2026 published on 6 July 2026, with the Schwyz entry deleted ex officio, while the Impressum still gives Erlenhalde 2b, 8832 Wollerau as the registered address.
• Paracelsus Recovery: The privacy policy covers website data only, with no client-record retention rule, no supervisory authority and no complaints route.
• limes-schlosskliniken.de: The audited LIMES Schlosskliniken AG Annual Report 2024 records that LIMES AG holds 56 percent of Paracelsus Recovery Group AG, a majority stake acquired in November 2021 and increased by 5 percent in June 2023. The clinic's own pages carry no ownership or group statement.
• limes-schlosskliniken.de: LIMES Schlosskliniken AG holds 56 percent of the operating group of Paracelsus Recovery.
• FAQs - Paracelsus Recovery: The clinic's FAQ page states that full prepayment is required before admission.

C8 Track record and regulator standing · 6

Searches of court, regulator and tribunal sources for the brand and the operating entity found no finding and no open case within ten years, and a bylined several-day first-hand account in The National (7 June 2024) falls within five years with no adverse finding. The band above is not reached: no inspection record exists for the site because the Canton of Zurich publishes no inspection results for licensed institutions outside its hospital list and the clinic is not on the Zurich hospital list, and the clinic has no Trustpilot profile. The 2019 VICE visit is older than five years and not used for the recent-account test.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high

Sources (17 cited items):

• thenationalnews.com: The National, 7 June 2024, a bylined several-day first-hand account of the apartments, consultation rooms, testing equipment, clinical team and meals, with no adverse finding.
• vice.com: VICE, 5 December 2019, a bylined visit to the Zurich residence, older than five years and not used for the recent-account test.
• trustpilot.com: Trustpilot holds no business profile for the clinic; the review page returns HTTP 404.
• zh.ch: The Canton of Zurich operating-licence page publishes no inspection record and no licensee record.
• Kanton Zuerich Spitalinspektionen page: Search of Kanton Zuerich Spitalinspektionen page. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (last inspection). Result: no record found.
• Zuercher Spitalliste 2023 Psychiatrie, Version 2026.1: Search of Zuercher Spitalliste 2023 Psychiatrie, Version 2026.1. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (last inspection). Result: no record found.
• CourtListener API search type=r and type=o: Search of CourtListener API search type=r and type=o. Scope: "Paracelsus Recovery". Result: no record found.
• CourtListener API search type=r and type=o: Search of CourtListener API search type=r and type=o. Scope: "PRC Group AG". Result: no record found.
• entscheidsuche.ch API: Search of entscheidsuche.ch API. Scope: "Paracelsus Recovery". Result: no record found.
• entscheidsuche.ch API: Search of entscheidsuche.ch API. Scope: "Paracelsus Recovery Group". Result: no record found.
• entscheidsuche.ch API: Search of entscheidsuche.ch API. Scope: "PRC Group". Result: no record found.
• UK Find Case Law atom search: Search of UK Find Case Law atom search. Scope: "Paracelsus Recovery". Result: no record found.
• General web search: Search of General web search. Scope: "Paracelsus Recovery" lawsuit OR Urteil OR court OR fine. Result: no record found.
• General web search: Search of General web search. Scope: "Paracelsus Recovery" Klage OR Gericht OR Strafverfahren OR Gesundheitsdirektion Zürich. Result: no record found.
• General web search: Search of General web search. Scope: "Paracelsus Recovery" London CQC registration inspection. Result: no record found.
• press and news search: Search of press and news search. Scope: first-hand bylined reporting from inside the facility, last 5 years. Result: record found: The National (7 June 2024) and City AM (23 February 2026), both stays inside the residences, no adverse finding..
• statutory regulator records: Search of statutory regulator records. Scope: inspection history and grades of this site. Result: no record found.

C9 Environment, safety and nutrition · 5

Environment and safety scores four elements: dedicated therapy and treatment space in each residence, in-house housekeeping, family participation in therapy and a recent bylined first-hand account. Nutrition scores three: a private chef working with a nutritional scientist and a registered dietitian, and a nutritional assessment in the fee. The band is the mean of the two parts. Time to an emergency department is not met because the drive to Universitaetsspital Zurich was measured from the Utoquai 43 clinic address, and the residences' street addresses are not published.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• Residence addresses are unpublished, so emergency access from the place of care cannot be measured.

Sources (4 cited items):

• Paracelsus Recovery: Each residence has dedicated spaces for therapy, treatment or relaxation, with medical care and fitness at the clinic or dedicated spaces reached by driver, in-house housekeeping, and a chef who works with the nutrition team to tailor each meal to nutritional needs, vitamin and mineral requirements, intolerances and medical conditions.
• Paracelsus Recovery: The team page names a Head of Housekeeping, a Housekeeper, a Personal Driver, a Head of Client Relations, a Nutritional Scientist (MSc, MPH, RND) and a Registered Dietitian (MSc, RDN).
• Paracelsus Recovery: The residential fee includes a sleep, lifestyle and nutritional assessment and a private chef, and family members can participate in therapy sessions.
• thenationalnews.com: The National, 7 June 2024: a first-hand stay in the clinic's lakefront apartments with a personal chef.

C10 Clinical seniority and academic standing · 9

The lead psychiatrist and five further psychiatrists are confirmed on the Swiss medical register with the specialist qualification in psychiatry and psychotherapy, canton of authorisation Zurich, and a senior academic (a Nobel laureate professor, confirmed by a university profile) sits on the advisory board, giving a deep verified team with senior academic involvement. All gating conditions for the band are met. The top band is not reached because the withheld index is below the band 10 range; the team page gives titles only, without register numbers or time shares, and the facility licence is not proven on a public register. The advisory board member counts at full weight through a clinic video (role board_member_with_video) that is embargoed evidence (paracelsus-recovery-ev-embargoed-001), released before publication. Without it the member would count at 0.25 and leave the core; the index would then fall into the band 6 range, which sets the band at 6 (the G-c gate ceiling is 7).

ProvisionalA check was still open when the edition closed, for example a register lookup or a video not yet received, or evidence under embargo.: Supporting evidence under embargo, released before publication: the clinic video on which the advisory board member's full weight rests (paracelsus-recovery-ev-embargoed-001, SCORING.md section 6.4). Clinician register lookups for this criterion were also still open at the edition cut-off (see known_gaps).

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• The advisory board member's full weight rests on a clinic video under embargo, released before publication, and a set of register lookups was not complete at publication; the C10 band may change when they are completed.

Sources (5 cited items):

• healthreg-public.admin.ch: Medical register lookups on 2026-09-15 confirmed the lead psychiatrist and five further psychiatrists as physicians with the specialist qualification Psychiatry and psychotherapy, canton of authorisation Zurich; two also hold General medical practitioner.
• profiles.stanford.edu: A university profile page confirms that the clinic's advisory board member is a professor of molecular and cellular physiology and of neurosurgery, with honours including a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, a Lasker DeBakey award, a Kavli Prize and elected academy memberships.
• Paracelsus Recovery: The team page lists the Nobel laureate under the Advisory Board and gives the full clinical roster with titles only, no register numbers, no time shares and no external verification links.
• zh.ch: The facility licence is not proven: the Canton of Zurich operating-permit page publishes no list of permit holders, and the Zurich hospital list for psychiatry does not list the clinic or its operating entity and is a service-mandate list rather than a licence register.
• Embargoed evidence, released before publication