Eating Disorders Inpatient Unit

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Effective October 19, 2009, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital will no longer allow non-patient visitors or family members under the age of 16 years to visit in the hospital. This policy will be in effect during the height of the flu season, usually lasting until spring, and will be re-evaluated at that time. Learn more about the visitation policy change / Lea más acerca del cambio en las normas de visitas.

 

Location El Camino Hospital 2500 Grant Road Mountain View, CA 94040

Phone: (650) 498-4468

Comprehensive Care Program (CCP)

The Comprehensive Care Program (CCP) is a 15-bed inpatient unit that uses a multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of eating disorders. The unit is located on the 4th floor of El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, CA. The program is a component of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital's Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program (CEDP).

Eating Disorder Inpatient Admissions and Treatment

Patients admitted to this unit are medically compromised as a result of their eating disorder. Admission is designed to:

• Treat medical disorders resulting from abnormal eating that may affect a patient’s heart, bones, liver, kidney, brain, reproductive system or other organs
• Prevent long-term and life threatening complications
• Evaluate and treat psychiatric disorders that often accompany eating disorders, such as:
  • Depression
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • Anxiety

Patients usually stay at the CCP for a relatively brief period (10-20 days) and upon discharge continue treatment at our eating disorders outpatient services program.
 
Patients, families or referring physicians can call the Eating Disorders Intake Coordinator at (650) 498-4468 to be admitted to the unit.
 
Inpatient treatments include:

• Diagnostic evaluation (both medical and psychiatric)
• Medical management to prevent or detect complications
• Nutritional assessment and management
• Growth and development evaluation
• Assessment and management of osteopenia and osteoporosis
• Psychiatric medication evaluation and monitoring
• Individual therapy
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Interpersonal therapy
  • Psychodynamic therapy
  • Family-based therapy
• Coordination with the patient’s school
• Group and environment (milieu) treatment

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