A physician referral is not needed for an initial evaluation, but, if treatment is necessary, your physician may need to be contacted for a referral. If you need a physician, Eating Disorders Institute staff will help you find one. Intensive day or partial inpatient treatment. Support, education, nutritional and medical monitoring and accountability during the time of day identified as most troublesome for patients struggling with eating disorders. Patients participate in structured meals and therapeutic groups and activities during the day, and go home at night.
Most patients are outpatients, with visits scheduled one to three times a week.
Regular consultations are set with dietitians, physicians, nurses, psychiatrists and psychologists. A small number of people whose lives have been taken over by an eating disorder for years may need the support of a longer-term residential treatment program. Help is offered for up to six months in a less monitored environment that still allows for significant support, structure and basic medical monitoring. This program is being developed by Eating Disorders Institute staff. A support group is scheduled on the first and third Saturdays of each month to help bring patients and families together.