Inpatient Treatment for Eating Disorders

Our 20-bed, licensed psychiatric inpatient unit serves patients of all ages who are severely underweight or in need of medical stabilization because of:

Goals of Inpatient Treatment

Stabilizing nutrition
Restoring minimally adequate body weight
Alleviating related physical symptoms
Reducing of eating disorder behaviors

Types of Treatment

Group therapy
Skills training
Drug therapy
Family therapy (This is critical for all patients with eating disorders, but especially for those under age 18.)

From a Patient

"I just wanted to say thank you for everything. For telling me the truth, helping me face the fact that I needed inpatient help and for setting me up. Thanks so much for helping me find my way back to me.”

Read more comments from COPE patients and their families.

Note: This patient's treatment and results may not be representative of all similar cases

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