Ascension’s Alexian Brothers (formerly AMITA Health Alexian Brothers) provides inpatient treatment, PHP, IOP, and outpatient eating disorder treatment at the Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital near Chicago, Illinois.

Eating disorder treatment at Alexian Brothers includes the following levels of care:

• Inpatient Care —24 hours/day care

  • Adult Inpatient Care
  • Youth Inpatient Care—Ages 11-18

• Partial Hospitalization Day Program —6 hours/day, 5 days/week

  • Adult Partial Hospitalization
  • Child and Adolescent Partial Hospitalization—Ages 9-17

• Outpatient Care

  • Adult Intensive Outpatient Care
    • About 3 hours/day, 4 days/week
    • Includes evening programs
  • Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Care — Ages 12-17
    • Including Afterschool Intensive Program, available Monday-Thursday,4-7 pm
  • Outpatient Group Practice
    • Appointment basis

• Aftercare/Support Groups

Alexian Brothers’ psychiatric inpatient EDU is a combined eating disorders unit and self injury unit. Medical stabilization is provided at the associated medical hospital, St. Alexius.

Ascension Alexian Brothers treats children, adolescents, and adults, and offers cross-tracking for ED patients with their other programs. Other treatment programs provided by Ascension/AMITA Health and Alexian Brothers include their OCD/Anxiety program, Mood Disorders program, Addictions program, and Self Injury program.

Note: Alexian Brothers was previously part of the AMITA Health hospital system, but in 2022 Ascension/Alexian split off from AMITA. As of May 2023, all programming remains the same, despite Ascension’s website indicating otherwise.

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