Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program
It's Time to Talk About It: The Brain and Eating Disorders - February 28, 2012
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital will observe National Eating Disorders Week with a panel discussion of the latest research into how the brain is affected by eating disorders. Learn more and register for this free event.
The Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program (CEDP) is the only comprehensive program in Northern California that treats children and adolescents with eating disorders that include:Lucile Packard Children's Hospital will observe National Eating Disorders Week with a panel discussion of the latest research into how the brain is affected by eating disorders. Learn more and register for this free event.
- Anorexia nervosa
- Eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS), including the female athlete triad
Inpatient and Outpatient Services for Patients from Western States
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.Most of our patients come from the Bay Area, although the program’s positive outcomes draw patient referrals come from several western states.
History
The CEDP program was started in the late 1970s and is jointly directed by physicians in the Stanford University School of Medicine Divisions of Adolescent Medicine and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. It is part of Packard Children’s Hospital’s Center for Adolescent Health.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 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
Learn More about the Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program
Videos- ABC7's Emmy award-winning public affairs show, "Beyond the Headlines," discusses eating disorders and the ways they impact families across the Bay Area. View the September 18, 2011 episode.
- Our Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program physicians discuss how to know when too much exercise is unhealthy and how to identify young athletes at risk for eating disorders. View the video from the hospital's 20th Anniversary Lecture Series event in February 2011.