Cohen Children’s Medical Center in Queens, New York provides eating disorder treatment for children, adolescents, and young adults ages 8-21. Their Eating Disorders Center offers inpatient hospitalization, a day treatment program (DTP), and outpatient. Patients in DTP are able to remain in school by attending New York City accredited classes on site.
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I was here back in 2008/2009, so long time ago, but I would never recommend this program to anyone. I also know people who have worked there in the last few years and pretty much nothing has changed from when I was there. It is by far the worst program I ever went to. I was in both their IP stabilization program and their outpatient day program. Open to any questions if anyone has.
July 1984
Inpatient
I went to this place back in 1984 lij I had a serious eating disorder I was 17 years old. *** after being in Stony Brook I thought this place was the answer it was the biggest nightmare I haven’t counted I went there I saw a bunch of kids drug addicts they put me in this area where was the big joke they’re playing music in a day room kids [redacted] in the hallway and I asked one person how do I leave here like I said you could just walk out so they basically ratted me out told one of the doctors three doctors came and ambushed me and threw me in a major mental health facility major psychotics over the weekend two days had to suffer in a lockdown unit and then Monday morning to talk to K3 are you willing to try this place and behave now I said yes just knowing that I’m going to walk out as soon as I get back and leave that it was a nightmare I was put on hell I got beat up in the bathroom oh and I was sick majorly sick *** although it did nothing for me I lived all the way in Long Island Howard East as I decided to go there and they put me in my dorm told me I’m on keep blocked or something like can’t leave so I went out the window took somebody else’s clothes and a bunk next to me with sunglasses ask the guy out front what time is it and I walked out on Hillside Avenue took a cab all the way back to Patchogue New York about 80 miles away maybe a little bit less and that was it I called my stupid parents surprised they didn’t I don’t know whatever it was a miserable experience after that I actually decided I’m going to deal with myself I’m now 57 years old I never saw my eating disorder *** getting osteoporosis and kidney failure and that was a miserable experience in that Pavilion over there terrible place I wouldn’t recommend that to anybody it’s worse than jail worse than jail it’s a miserable lying disgraceful place that should be closed down like sucker Pavilion terrible inconsiderate doctors nothing to do with eating disorder at all it’s a major psych ward the criminally insane to people once a young adults kids drug addicts criminally insane that was my experience back in 1984 I don’t think it’s any better one day I might go back there and see if I can go to that Pavilion and walk to that and mention to somebody what I went through and see what they say to me but anyway it’s all true it was like you know July 1984 that’s it anybody that wants to go to this place do not go there unless you are totally insane and you want to be with a bunch of psychopaths and be put on elbow ***. *** psych Hospital like these are not the answer there’s just a lie
***admin note: portions of this have been redacted per site policy due use of numbers, descriptions of symptoms/behaviors, discussing other patients
hi, is there anybody here who’s been inpatient at Cohen who can answer a few questions? i might get sent IP here in the near future, and I don’t have much experience with IP acute hospitals except for the CHAM ED program. thanks!
Has anyone been to their outpatient program?
Are you referring to Cohen’s ED Day Program or their new ED OPD Program?
They prioritize their own inpatient step downs and therefore obtaining an intake with either program is quite difficult.
Copying some program information below:
The overarching goal of the Eating Disorders Center Outpatient Program at Cohen Children’s Medical Center is to help young people and their families take control of their lives
from eating disorder actions, thoughts, and emotions.
Our program has two distinct tracks to best meet the needs of clients and their families where they are in their recovery journey:
Our Health Recovery Arc Support Track is for young people who need targeted intervention to increase and maintain an appropriate number of daily calories to keep them healthy. Caregivers are heavily and sometimes exclusively involved in treatment until their child is healthy enough to join in. This track requires 1-2 hours of weekly treatment for caregivers and 1-2 hours of weekly treatment for clients.
Our Mindful Body and Eating Track is for young people who are ready to face their fears around food and eating and to work to reduce body-based distress (e.g., body image, self-esteem). Depending on where they are in their eating disorder recovery, this track requires 1-2 hours of weekly treatment for clients and 1 hour of weekly treatment for caregivers.
Eating Disorder Outpatient Email
E: edcop@northwell.edu
for the record, it is currently virtual!
i should have been more specific. their day program is currently virtual (as of a few days ago). their inpatient medical stabilization unit is still in person (obv)
Thank you so much Arianna! And I’m extremely grateful you let us know about this program, it looks like an important resource. Especially given its day program! So many teens need something like that to get into long term recovery, especially older teens. I’m curious, for the day program when it is virtual, how do they handle meal support? Do parents or guardians need to be present for meals/snacks? Do they still have you come in person for doctor’s appointments, etc?
Like I said in my other comment I went to this place in 1984 it was a terrible experience didn’t do nothing for my eating disorder I was there three days I had to escape they put me I wanted to leave and they put me in the Adult Psychiatric locked up unit as soon as I told me do you want to behave now then go back to the Pavilion I went there and escaped the same night never looked back I never did solve my eating disorder on 57 years old and I live life with a problem and many other problems that life has to offer in this place is not no answer for anything to go to eating disorder you might as well just deal with it the best you can there is no help for it you can get out of it and eat other things I wish I can go back to 1984 I would have done things a lot differently than what I did and now I messed myself up at this point and no psych Hospital Stony Brook north Hillside I went to the mall and they did nothing for me but give me more aggravation for 16 or 17 find myself in and they committed me and I had to escape to get out what a joke so that’s it all I got to say I don’t regret getting out of them places cuz it’s just it’s worse than it’s worse than your worst nightmare being in a psych hospital for any situation you better off in jail you can tell yourself that once you go in a psych Hospital you got to leave it up to the psych to keep you there if you got insurance take it from me don’t be a fool go to an outpatient do not sign yourself into any Hospital to outpatient things only