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Eating Disorders Inpatient Unit |
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El Camino Hospital
2500 Grant Road
Mountain View, CA 94040
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2500 Grant Road
Mountain View, CA 94040 |
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(650) 498-4468 |
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7 days a week
24 hours a day
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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 2nd 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:
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Treat medical disorders resulting from abnormal eating that may affect a patient’s heart, bones, liver, kidney, brain, reproductive system or other organs
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Prevent long-term and life threatening complications
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Evaluate and treat psychiatric disorders that often accompany eating disorders, such as:
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:
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Diagnostic evaluation (both medical and psychiatric)
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Medical management to prevent or detect complications
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Nutritional assessment and management
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Growth and development evaluation
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Assessment and management of osteopenia and osteoporosis
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Psychiatric medication evaluation and monitoring
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Individual therapy
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Coordination with the patient’s school
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Group and environment (milieu) treatment
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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is located in Palo Alto, adjacent to Stanford University Hospital, approximately 20 miles north of San Jose, CA and 40 miles south of San Francisco.
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 497-8000
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