Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program
The Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program is the only comprehensive program in Northern California that treats children and adolescents with eating disorders that include:
- Anorexia nervosa
- Bulimia nervosa
- Other eating disorders, including the female athlete triad
A Widespread Problem
Public attention in recent years has helped generate awareness about the widespread problem of eating disorders. These disorders affect adolescents from a wide range of ethnicities, social classes and geographic locations. According to the Society for Adolescent Medicine:
- Eating disorders, such as anorexia, is the third most chronic illness in adolescent females (in terms of time they are sick)
- Eating disorders also occur in boys
- With comprehensive treatment, most teenagers can be relieved of the symptoms or helped to control eating disorders
The importance of this program is underscored by numerous studies documenting that early recognition and prompt treatment of eating disorders are essential to preventing serious long-term health consequences in adolescents.
Inpatient and Outpatient Services
Patients access care through the program's eating disorders outpatient clinic, or if they are in need of medical stabilization, through the inpatient Comprehensive Care Program. The combination of both inpatient and outpatient services in one program makes the Packard Children’s Hospital eating disorders program truly unique.
History
We have over 40 years’ experience treating adolescent eating disorders. Our program is part of Packard Children’s Hospital’s Center for Adolescent Health. Patients receive care from physicians in the Stanford University School of Medicine Divisions of Adolescent Medicine and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
