The Columbia Center for Eating Disorders at New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) is a free inpatient treatment program in NYC. They are known for providing free eating disorder treatment in exchange for participation in research, and longer inpatient stays because patients aren’t limited by insurance or finances. They treat adolescents and adults, and are only able to accept patients who qualify for one of their current studies.

As of Fall 2021 (based on both the link below and on client reviews posted here!), current studies require an anorexia diagnosis, and they can’t take patients on psychiatric medications for other conditions so patients who may be on any will probably have to stop taking them to participate. If anything about this status changes, please leave a comment below and I will update this!

You can find their current research studies here: https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/join-study/research-clinics/eating-disorders-clinic/research-studies

NYSPI also has an outpatient day hospital program for adolescents called Children’s Day Unit, which has an eating disorders track and runs during school hours. At their outpatient clinic they provide Maudsley/Family Based Treatment for families with children or adolescents with eating disorders.

NYSPI/Columbia is part of a larger network of eating disorder treatment programs in New York City called Metro Region CCCED.

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