Eating Disorder Program

What Are Eating Disorders?

Eating disorders are serious and sometimes fatal illnesses that cause severe disturbances in an individual’s eating behaviors, impacting more than 30 million people in the United States alone. These all too often misunderstood disorders do not discriminate based on age, gender, race, or sexuality. Anyone can be impacted by an eating disorder, yet only 10% of those affected will seek professional treatment. Every 52 minutes, someone in the US dies as a direct result of their eating disorder.

How can the Eating Disorder IOP help me?

The Eating Disorder IOP at Core Recovery combines evidenced based treatment modalities with expert dietary care to offer an IOP program specially designed for those suffering with eating disorders such as:

• Anorexia
• Bulimia
• Binge Eating Disorder
• ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)
• Orthorexia
• Other Specified Feeding or eating disorder

Treatment at Core’s Eating Disorder Intensive Outpatient Program:

Whether you are seeking a higher level of care from traditional outpatient treatment, stepping down from a PHP or residential program, or seeking treatment for the first time, Core Recovery is here to support you in your healing journey. Your treatment in the Eating Disorder IOP may include:

• Group therapy and psycho education
• Supported meals
• Meal planning
• Nutrition education
• Individual therapy
• Individual sessions with a Registered Dietitian
• Family Therapy
• Expressive Arts Therapy
• Movement and Body Image groups
• Psychiatric Assessments and monitoring
• Discharge planning, case management, and referrals

Co-Morbidity

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, eating disorders have one of the highest co- morbidity rates of mental health disorders. In a NIMH survey, more than half (56.2%) of respondents with anorexia nervosa, 94.5% with bulimia nervosa, and 78.9% with binge eating disorder met criteria for at least one other core DSM-IV disorder.