Adolescent Residential Eating Disorder Program
Compassionate Care in a Home-Like Environment
The Adolescent Residential Program is a structured, medically monitored, therapeutic residential program for adolescents requiring 24 hour care as they recover from eating disorders. The program incorporates key aspects of the Maudsley Method, a family-based treatment that has been shown to be the most effective treatment for adolescents with eating disorders. For this reason, teens and families participate in a continuous program throughout the stay that is designed to promote the development of individual skills and family structure, to provide a safe environment at home and allow for additional aftercare services to continue the remaining therapeutic work.
Requirements:
- Female and male, 12-17 years of age
- Require 24 hour care, but not at a hospital level of care
- Cannot be treated at a less intense setting
- Ready to eat at group and family meals and to incorporate a variety of foods into their meal plan
Goals:
- Stabilize patient, both medically and behaviorally
- Progress toward individual weight goals
- Decrease reliance on eating disorder behaviors
- Decrease anxiety in relation to food and meal times
- Educate adolescents and families on eating disorders and provide nutrition education
- Teach patients and families effective coping skills, relapse prevention techniques and introduce them to the Maudsley Method
- Decrease families’ anxiety and restore their hope for recovery
- Prepare adolescents and families for the next step in recovery
Treatment Includes:
- Onsite physician and nursing care
- Nutrition education and coaching
- Individual counseling
- Daily group therapy
- Case management
- Educational support
- Discharge planning
Treatment Team Includes:
- Psychiatrist
- Nurse
- Dietitian
- Social workers
- Mental health counselors
Groups Include:
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Self-esteem
- Nutrition Education
- Expressive Therapy
- Body Image
- Relapse Prevention
Support for families includes:
- Intensive eating disorder education
- Family therapy
- Coached meals
- Support groups
Program Hours:
24/7
Average Length of Stay:
10-30 days
Location:
60 Hope Avenue, Apt. 121
Waltham, MA 02453
Phone: 781-647-6700
Fax: 781-647-6752
Admissions Department:
Phone: 781-647-6727, Fax: 781-647-6752
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