Most eating disorders can be treated effectively in an outpatient setting when evidence-based interventions are utilized and a multidisciplinary team is available. 

Our multi-disciplinary team of psychologists, registered dietitians and psychiatrists provide an ideal treatment team for eating and feeding disorders treatment.

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TREATMENT PROGRAMS

Most adult patients in our Eating and Feeding Disorder Track are seen by a psychologist, registered dietitian, and psychiatrist or physician assistant.   

Disorders in this track include:

• Anorexia Nervosa

• Bulimia Nervosa

• Binge Eating Disorder

• Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

• Unspecified Feeding and Eating Disorder (UFED)

• Pica

• Rumination Disorder

• Other Specified Feed and Eating Disorder (OSFED)

• Purging Disorder

• Night Eating Syndrome

• **Orthorexia

• Body Dysmorphic Disorder

**"Although not formally recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, awareness about orthorexia is on the rise. The term ‘orthorexia’ was coined in 1998 and means an obsession with proper or ‘healthful’ eating. Although being aware of and concerned with the nutritional quality of the food you eat isn’t a problem in and of itself, people with orthorexia become so fixated on so-called ‘healthy eating’ that they actually damage their own well-being." (National Eating Disorders Association)

EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAM

Symptoms are targeted with evidence-based treatments. Our focus is most often to move patients away from rule-based eating (e.g., meal plans, diets, etc.) and instead help them to develop skills in Intuitive Eating. Many of our patients are discharging from "higher level of care" facilities, although most are seeking treatment for the first time.

ICAT is a 21-week treatment program that focuses on skill development for adults who have symptoms of Bulimia Nervosa (BN) and Binge Eating Disorder (BED). ICAT focuses on building a collaborative relationship between patient and provider with the goal of examining the correlation between emotions and binging/ purging behaviors. 

Individuals who exhibit bulimic behaviors often experience: 

• Low Self-Esteem

• Concerns About Shape/ Weight

• Shame/ Guilt

• Restrictive Dieting

• Binging Behavior

• Self-Induced Vomiting

• Self-Induced Diarrhea

• Excessive Exercise

• Negative/ Low Affect

• Interpersonal Stress

Of course, many individuals may find symptoms of their BN or BED effective in momentarily mitigating negative feelings and regulating their emotions.

However, these negative emotions often return following symptom relapse (ie. binging, purging). 

GOALS OF ICAT

• Observe and Identify Emotions

• Recognize and Evaluate Factors That Increase Negative Emotion and Decrease Positive Emotion States

• Examine Situations that Elicit Bulimic Behaviors

• Learn Ways to Effectively Alter Responses to Triggering Emotion States

• Learn How to Prevent Behavior Relapses

TREATMENT MODES

• Individual Therapy

TREATMENT PROGRAM STRUCTURE (21-WEEK)

ICAT is structured across 4 phases, with a total of 21, 50-minute sessions. There will be 2 sessions weekly for the first month of treatment, after which sessions will continue weekly. 

Phase 1 (Sessions 1-2)

• Establish a treatment relationship with the provider as an effective and willing collaborator. 

Phase 2 (Sessions 3-8)

• Establish Treatment Goals

• Monitor Food Intake

• Meal Planning

Phase 3 (Sessions 9-19)

• Continue to Monitor Emotions

• Examine ineffective emotion-regulation skills

• Examine ineffective interpersonal skills

• Examine the differences between actual self and desired self

• Examine how different situations can impact emotions

• Promote acceptance of actual self

• Address self-discrepancy 

Phase 4 (Final 2-4 Sessions)

• Review treatment progress

• Review future treatment goals

• Learn how to prevent behavior relapse

Adolescents and young adults (including college-aged patients) with eating or feeding disorders are most effectively treated with family involvement. Our adolescent programming includes a multidisciplinary team and use of Maudsley Family Based Treatment (FBT) to aid in targeted resolution of eating disorder symptoms.

Disorders in this track include:

• Anorexia Nervosa

• Bulimia Nervosa

• Binge Eating Disorder

• Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

• Unspecified Feeding and Eating Disorder (UFED)

• Pica

• Rumination Disorder

• Other Specified Feed and Eating Disorder (OSFED)

• Purging Disorder

• Night Eating Syndrome

• **Orthorexia

• Body Dysmorphic Disorder

**"Although not formally recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, awareness about orthorexia is on the rise.

The term ‘orthorexia’ was coined in 1998 and means an obsession with proper or ‘healthful’ eating. Although being aware of and concerned with the nutritional quality of the food you eat isn’t a problem in and of itself, people with orthorexia become so fixated on so-called ‘healthy eating’ that they actually damage their own well-being." (National Eating Disorders Association)

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