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Walden Behavioral Care, LLC of Waltham, one of the country's leading hospitals for treating eating disorders, announced that Kelly L. Stellato, MS, RD, LDN, CLC of Holyoke, has been appointed to the position of registered dietitian at Walden - Northampton, 109 Main St. more

Walden Behavioral Care recently moved its Northampton satellite clinic into a larger space downtown, allowing it to develop additional therapy groups. The clinic, which had been operating in a temporary office on Strong Avenue since March, hosted an open house at its new site at 109 Main St. last month to introduce itself to the community, display its new location and explain future programs. more

Walden Behavioral Care LLC in Waltham hired Marc Stuart Libman as a psychiatrist and named Jesine Arsenault director of the adolescent eating disorders program. Janelle Miller was named clinical leader of the adult intensive outpatient program. more

Behind the construction for the grand opening of Urban Outfitters in Northampton hides the first eating disorders clinic in the Five-College area. Walden Behavioral Care, a hospital situated in Waltham, Massachusetts that specializes in eating disorders and psychiatric disorders, celebrated the opening of its first satellite in Northampton on Tuesday, Oct. 21. more

According to Walden's Director of Outpatient Services Jennifer A. Smith, colleges have become more aware of eating disorders and are addressing them. The high density of students and young people in the Northampton area has driven the needs for services here, she said. Since opening earlier this month, Walden is already operating at 50 percent of its capacity. more

NORTHAMPTON - Walden Behavioral Care, the first clinic focused on the treatment of eating disorders in the five-college area, held an open house for its new facility yesterday. more

Q: My best friend has been having major mood swings lately. One second, she's talking a mile a minute and jumping from subject to subject; the next, she seems depressed and angry. My brother had these symptoms right before he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. How can I talk to my friend about my suspicions without her becoming upset? more

Addiction treatment centers may consider adding treatment for eating disorders as a way to expand the business, as an additional source of revenue, and as a way of expanding services to existing clients. Putting eating disorder treatment and addiction treatment in the same facility isn't easy, but it helps that they both have much in common. more

When Walden Behavioral Care opened an outpatient program for adults with eating disorders in Northampton last year, it didn't have to look hard for patients. "We hit the ground running," said Dr. Stuart L. Koman, the president of the Waltham-based enterprise. more

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes of financial collapse, Walden Behavioral Care, located in what was once Waltham Deaconness Hospital, has built itself into a powerful new player in the field of eating disorder treatment. Invited by the Commissioner of Mental Health to save the 45 mental health beds that would be lost when the hospital closed in August 2003, Stuart Koman, Ph.D., and David Fassler, M.D., joined forces to create Walden Behavioral Care, a facility that would incorporate both the inpatient psychiatric facility and its eating disorder program. more

Eating disorders are a silent epidemic - and the epidemic is spreading. At one extreme, nearly a third of America is considered to be obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control. As recently as 1990, in no state was more than 15 percent of the population obese. By 2006, at least 20 percent of the population was considered obese in all but four states. more

Stuart Koman, Phd, President and CEO Walden Behavioral Care talks to NECN about eating disorders and how to treat them. He says eating disorders are very much misunderstood. And he when it comes to binge eating or late night eating, he talks about when it crosses a line and becomes a disorder. more