The Outpatient and Consultation Clinic provides consultation services, comprehensive clinical evaluation, individual and family psychotherapy, group therapy and educational outreach programs to schools, the community and other health care professionals. This program includes supervised meals, education about eating disorders and daily therapy. The supportive program environment includes intensive group therapy. Meals are monitored by nursing staff to help patients break habits related to their eating disorder, including binge eating and vomiting or food refusal. As patients acquire more control over healthy eating, Hopkins staff supervises and guides them in independent eating and food selection, including meal preparation and restaurant outings.
Patients live at home or in supervised program-affiliated housing.
Participation in the partial hospitalization program is tapered as patients normalize their eating behaviors and their weight. The inpatient medical and nursing team staffs the partial hospitalization program, ensuring continuity of care and treatment philosophy. Therapy is intensive and practical and is aimed at developing increased control over normal eating and weight and body image. It also addresses psychological issues that could lead to relapse. The Inpatient Program, which offers the most intensive level of care, is combined with the partial hospitalization program.