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Does anyone have recent experience with Pathlight RTC? Preferably the Seattle location, but I would be willing to do Chicago as well (if it is generally regarded as the “better” RTC location). I’m seeking care for SH + PTSD, so I need a program that is able to support both of those concerns.
Regarding my ED: I’m able to maintain stability with my ED atm, but am concerned that they may try to transfer me to ERC if that were to change, which I’m 100% not interested in (the lowkey competitive nature of ED treatment has been super toxic for me in the past…). Is it common for Pathlight to refer folks out if ED behaviors start to increase, or are they willing to work with patients to figure out some way to support them without forcing a transfer?
I went to the location in Chicago in 2023 at it was a subpar experience at best. The food service situation was deplorable and triggered my ED, the community was primarily young adults (as a woman in my mid-40’s it was hard to relate), the pro-T’s running groups were all very young and inexperienced, groups were primarily going over worksheets. They do have a trauma group but I think it’s primarily skills based and there isn’t much opportunity for processing. I did appreciate access to TMS and/or Ketamine treatments. I stayed for 3 weeks and checked myself out to finish TMS treatment where I live. They do monitor weight once a week but dietitian is only consulted if you request it and doctor orders it. By the time I saw her, I was ready to leave.
(OP here)
Thank you for the input! I had my intake a couple days ago, and they are recommending Seattle RTC (pending team confirmation). Hopefully it’s better than Chicago :/
Do you know if you would be able to refuse the weekly weights? Coming from a recovery-minded perspective btw, I just feel like I do better when my treatment isn’t so focused on numbers. And since my ED is genuinely not a concern atm, I worry that having my weight monitored would
TW: “encourage” me to relapse in my ED, since I’d feel like I’d need to “prove” that my ED is real/valid, even though I’m supposedly in recovery?? END TW
I’m disappointed to hear that groups are largely worksheet-based, but honestly, I can’t say I’m surprised since most “treatment farms” (larger corporations — like ERC/Pathlight, CFD/Discovery Mood & Anxiety, even Alsana + Monte Nido nowadays — with lots of locations + clients + relatively short treatment stays) do tend to fall back on that “easy” method with associate therapists rather than fully-licensed clinicians. While I’d love a program that has deeper-processing/unique groups, I don’t feel like it’s a game-changer for me at this time.
And for any other prospective Pathlight RTC clients reading this: I will definitely update with my experience if I do end up going!
I never thought to refuse the weekly weight, but it was blind, if that helps at all. When I was looking at RTC for mental health in 2023, I considered Skyland Trail in Atlanta, Smoky Mountain Lodge in Tennessee (neither seem to cater to issues with ED and Smoky Mountain Lodge is owned by Odyssey, fwiw). Also Hopeway in North Carolina which has a teen/young adult ed program, but that service is not part of the adult residential. Good luck!
I ended up not going there because they said they weren’t able to accommodate some of the symptoms of my Autism, but I talked to Skyland Trail about a year ago, and one of the cool things about their program is that everyone has a different schedule and it’s actually individualized, and everyone goes to different groups during the day depending on what they personally need. I just wanted to share that for anyone who may be interested in Skyland Trail!
I’ve been to both the Chicago and Seattle Pathlight residential programs somewhat recently. Seattle was by far the better program, in my opinion. I had a good experience at the Chicago location a decade ago, but also a subpar experience when I went back a couple years ago. The Seattle location doesn’t have as many specialized groups/tracks as the Chicago location (Chicago has groups on OCD/OCPD track, addiction track, trauma track), but Seattle was just SO MUCH better than the Chicago location in every other way that it was completely worth not having as many options for groups. Just plan to be upfront with your therapist about what you want to work on. All of your individual therapy will be tailored to that. A lot of people did CPT (the trauma therapy) for their individual therapy. Many others focused on exposure therapy and incorporated their exposures throughout the day. I actually AMA’d Chicago in order to go to the Seattle location, and it was the best decision (albeit a bit dramatic).
Re your question, no one was transferred to ERC while I was there in Seattle, actually many of the staff didn’t even know that was possible. To them, if you had needed ED residential treatment, you would have gone to ERC in the first place. The fact that you were at Pathlight meant that you needed mental health residential treatment, not ED treatment. So if you started struggling with ED behaviors, they wanted to work with you on them so that you could stay at Pathlight. I requested to have Boost available, because sometimes dissociation would cause me to miss some of a meal, and I didn’t want to risk that triggering ED behaviors. Another person requested extended time for snacks. It was somewhat common for people who had finished the ERC program to then do Pathlight residential to address their underlying MH issues.
Funny, one patient when I was there decided shortly after arriving that they wanted to go back to ERC instead of stay in Chicago at Pathlight and initiated the transfer herself. And yes, there were others that had been through the rounds with ERC and moved onto Pathlight.
Hey all. Long time lurker.
As a little treatment background (I’ll add dx later), I was institutionalized from 12-18 with a couple breaks here and there, mostly 16 and 17. All of the programs I went to were part of the TTI.+ I will say that I got lucky and didn’t experience any *TW* horrendous abuses (though the bar is extremely low)*END TW*. I’ve been in and out of OP therapy since I moved out and by myself about 2 years ago (am now 20), but my most recent therapist fired me *TW: SI* because I tried to kill myself *END TW* (that’s the short version – there were ethical issues, but whatever).
Basically, I’ve not been doing well at all lately. I’ve been burned out since May and then I was told something at work that I guess triggered my severe attachment issues and I’ve been on a downhill since then. I have CPTSD, BPD, MDD s/r, trichotillomania, ASD level 1 (maybe small PDA profile, maybe trauma response from TTI – probably both), DPDR, probably HSD, and probably a secondary ED. I’ve tried looking for reputable programs that are trauma-centered and primarily use bottom-up therapies, but it is really hard, especially ones that treat secondary eating disorders. Does anyone have any recommendations of places?
Right now, while my brain is nourished enough, I am willing to put in the work to get better. I am willing to go anywhere in the country and would prefer it to be covered by BCBS (I’m a broke college student). I’ll make a bulleted list of some things I’m looking for. Also, I am really appreciative of this forum – it’s amazing.
– trauma-centered
– willing and able to treat secondary eating disorders
– uses bottom-up modalities like IFS, EMDR, etc
– *does NOT primarily use CBT, DBT, TF-CBT, etc*
– *allows devices (I would like to continue with my 3 online classes, even though I currently have no motivation to work on them, and with my tx history, I would feel safer with my devices)*
– covered by BCBS or SCA or out-of-network
– *NOT owned by Acadia/UHS* (* is VERY case-dependent)
– will take high-risk patients (I’m always high-risk according to the CSSRS; if I’m not, I’m lying)
– allows my stuffed animal
I know this is a lot, so the ones with a * are more optional for me.
Again, I really appreciate anyone who helps out or even just reads. I’m open to anything.
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+admin note: for those who don’t know, “TTI” stands for the Troubled Teen Industry. with very few exceptions, TTI programs are unethical, unable or unwilling to meet
minimum standards for teen healthcare, and unyieldingly morally reprehensible.
Hi! I went to Newport Institute, twice and had a great experience both times. They have locations all over the US, I was in SoCal both times. There were therapists at both of my houses that were trained in EMDR, however we did do CBT and DBT groups, so I’m not sure if that’s a dealbreaker. We had two one hour blocks Monday-Thursday to work on class work/pay bills/etc, and I feel like they could be willing to make exceptions to give more time if you needed. I’m not entirely sure what their rules and regulations are surrounding high risk patients. And we were allowed stuffed animals and blankets at the second house I was at. Let me know if you have any other questions! (Side note: I’ve heard mixed reviews about Newport academy, which is their adolescent program, I’m not sure if it’s like TTI stuff or not, but just something to be aware of if that effects your perception)
Thanks for this!! I do worry about Newport because their “Institute” is just the adult version of their “Academy” which is very much a TTI. I also don’t know if they’d accept me because they didn’t when like 2.5 years ago as a minor because my issues are very attachment based. I will look more into it, though!
Have you looked into Haven of Hope? It’s a primary ED facility that is very focused on trauma as an underlying cause of ED’s, and they do do IFS as their primary treatment modality and you are allowed devices and in it’s a home environment as opposed to a psych hospital. I don’t know if stuffed animals are allowed though, and according to reviews it doesn’t sound like they’re equipped to help people with serious SI concerns, but it might be worth contacting them.
Dominion Hospital also has their trauma unit called TraumaSci. I’ve never been there though, so don’t know what treatment modalities are used and I don’t think they allow personal electronics or stuffed animals. They also have an ED unit (Reflections) which is right next door the trauma unit.
I have been to River Oaks trauma unit. Their main treatment modalities are things like CBT, DBT, etc (at least as of when I was there in 2021, but that was 4 years ago, so it couldn’t hurt looking into and seeing if they do IFS or EMDR now). They, however do not allow personal electronics or stuffed animals. They also have an ED program that’s on the same unit as the trauma program.
Silver Hill Hospital in Connecticut has a BPD program that has a very good reputation, though it is DBT, but they also have a ton of other programs at Silver Hill, including a trauma program and a dissociative disorders program. I do not know the treatment modalities used at their dissociative disorders program, but silver hill hospital has a very good reputation and it couldn’t hurt looking into. I really wanted to go to their dissociative disorders program, but they weren’t equipped to help me with my medical needs. (I have a lot of complex chronic illnesses and a neurological condition that makes me unable to walk and I’m in a wheelchair), but the lady I talked to on the phone about their dissociative disorders program was very kind. So I just looked at their website and it does look like it’s mainly just DBT and CBT, but it still might be worth calling them.
https://silverhillhospital.org/trauma-and-dissociative-disorders/
McLean hospital has a ton of specialty programs, including OCD residential, ED residential, BPD residential, and according to their website they have a trauma PHP. I’m not sure if they also have a trauma residential.
https://www.mcleanhospital.org/treatment/gunderson
It looks like it’s mostly DBT, but it did mention some other modalities of therapy, mentalization based therapy, and transference focused psychotherapy, I don’t know if that’s more what you’re looking for.
Center for change is an ED residential that has at least a few therapists that do IFS in individual sessions with them.
Heads up – Residential programs at Silver Hill are self pay only (they call them transitional living). McLean has a mix of self pay and insurance based options (gunderson, however is strictly self pay and 100% DBT).
Oh, sorry, I didn’t realize
Thank you for all of these recs (and the ones below)!! These are very helpful!
No problem!
I also saw a review of Bright Road Recovery, a MH/ED residential in CA saying they do EMDR there
Integrative Life Center is a primary trauma residential that treats secondary ED’s
Focus residential in Tennessee treats both ED’s and trauma, though it is mainly a substance abuse program so it’s very heavily a 12step program, so probably not what you’re looking for, but I just thought I’d mention it just in case
Also, Sierra Tucson is a primary mental health residential treatment center that treats secondary ED’s. It is owned by Acadia, but I have never heard any abuse allegations about Sierra Tucson specifically (unlike pretty much every single other Acadia facility), but that doesn’t mean abuse isn’t necessarily going on there. IMO it’s probably best to avoid any Acadia facility just to be on the safe side, but I just thought I’d mention it since there aren’t that many primary MH facilities that also treat secondary ED’s. I’m not sure they’d be a good fit for you anyways because they turned me away due to me having ***TW**** had too many psych hospitalizations for very frequent attempts ***END TW*** and since that’s something it sounds like you struggle with as well, they probably wouldn’t want to admit you either due to that reason, but I thought I’d mention their program just in case it turns it’s a good fit for you, especially as there’s so few primary MH programs that treat secondary ED’s. Also, probably worth noting that while Sierra Tucson does admit patients with secondary ED’s, they cannot accept patients who struggle with behaviors you would use in the bathroom due to them being unable to monitor bathrooms (and that’s true for a lot of primary MH programs that treat secondary ED’s in my experience, as soon as I tell them that I struggle with that specific behavior that requires bathroom monitoring, they tell me they can’t accept me because they don’t have the ability to monitor bathrooms. Integrative life center is the only primary trauma program that treats secondary ED’s that I’ve ever talked to who said they are equipped to treat ED patients who struggle with that particular behavior and they do monitor bathrooms)
I looked at Integrative life center’s page, it’s a primary trauma residential that treats secondary ED’s, and reviews say they do both IFS, and EMDR there, as well as polyvagal theory.
They also do Brainspotting at ILC
Elizabeth mentioned Haven of Hope, I did their program when it was still Fairhaven so things have probably changed since then, but from my understanding they did not take very “high risk” patients while I was there. Like I said though, the program has probably changed since I went. I can’t specifically remember if they allowed but I feel like they did. And we were allowed our devices from 7pm ish- 7 am ish. It was very ED focused though, everything revolves around snacks/meals, and groups were very ED focused. I see you said secondary ED so not sure how you feel about that.
Galen Hope claims to be very individualized and good with neurodivergence and markets themselves as a treatment center for people who dont do well in regular treatment centers. I’m not sure how true their claims are- they have pretty mixed reviews, and aren’t covered by insurance and are very expensive, but I thought I’d mention them just in case you haven’t found a program that’s a good fit yet because I was replying to someone else on here mentioning Galen Hope, and it made me think it might possibly be a good fit for you, if you’re able to afford it. They have an ED track and a MH track. They are PHP, but kinda like residential because they’re highest level care is 12 hour a day PHP and they offer supportive housing you can live in that always has a staff member present
Hi! I was thinking about you and wondering if you ever found a treatment center that helped? It’s completely okay if you’re not comfortable answering. I was just hoping it worked out for you and that you were able to find somewhere that helped!!! ❤️
Hi! I appreciate you remembering!! I found this primary MH PHP in San Diego that offers supportive housing. They’re absolutely amazing and everyone is really knowledgeable on complex trauma and such. They did end up sending me to Alsana in Thousand Oaks, CA for a month because my ED was really bad and I was “intuitively eating” while still engaging in behaviors that showed up on my labs, but I’m back. I am really struggling with everything and just thinking of AMA’ing and giving up. I’m only 20, but this is my 48th time in treatment and I just feel too far gone to get help.
What about you, though?? I know that you’ve been trying to find some help for a long while.
Thanks! I’m glad you were able to go to ED residential and a MH PHP program! I’m sorry you’re still struggling a lot. I hope Alsana and the PHP helped at least some though! I recently had to be hospitalized in general psych IP for SI, and then I did a step down MH PHP locally, but it was only a 10 day PHP, not a long term program, and I’m still really struggling a lot, and feel like I need a more long term program (somewhere that would be at least 3-4 months of treatment) because I really need
long term in a program. Somewhere that’s just a week or two is not going to be enough time to actually help me, so I haven’t found anywhere yet, but I’m still looking! And I’m trying to not give up on hope!
I can definitely relate to what you’re saying. I’ve been hospitalized over 80 times, including in state hospitals a few times, and at some point, you do feel too far gone for treatment when you keep going to treatment over and over and it keeps not helping, but I think it’s important to remember that the problem is not us. The problem is the broken mental health system that doesn’t have the ability to help people like us. We’re not the problem. The broken system that can’t help us is.
I’d encourage you to not give up and keep trying to seek treatment! It’s a lot easier to find good treatment when you’re younger and are still on your parents insurance plan, and are still under the age of 30. A lot of ED programs only accept patients under age 30. And When you’re older, and age out of being on your parents insurance plan, and have to go on Medicaid, it gets a lot harder to find good treatment, so I think you definitely shouldn’t give up on treatment while you still have insurance access to residential treatment centers. As someone who’s 32 and on state Medicaid, most residential facilities are no longer financially accessible to me, so residential is something you should definitely take advantage of having access to while you still can! I can definitely relate to feeling burnt out from treatment though, and feeling like if it’s not helping me, then what’s even the point? Maybe you could pursue looking into a different type of therapy that you’ve never tried before that isn’t DBT or CBT or ACT like most treatment centers, but trying something less frequently used in treatment centers like EMDR or ERP or TMS or ketamine infusions. Maybe there’s something out there that will help you that you haven’t tried yet! I really hope you don’t give up on hope <3
Does anyone know of any MedPsych hospitals anywhere in the US? Preferably east coast, but it could be anywhere. I’m looking for a primary mental health or primary trauma treatment center that can handle tons of serious medical conditions and a physical disability that I use a wheelchair and a shower chair in the shower and need assistance with ADL’s (bathing, getting dressed, brushing teeth, etc.). Every treatment facility I’ve contacted says they’re not equipped to have a patient with my level of medical needs, and The Menninger Clinic said maybe a MedPsych Hospital would be a better fit for me? I’m looking for a MedPsych hospital that has psych wards that are combined psych unit but also a med/surg floor at the same time as a psych ward to treat patients who need to be psychiatrically hospitalized, but also are equipped to treat serious medical conditions in patients who need to be hospitalized in a psych unit. Does anyone know of any MedPsych hospitals like this? A long time ago, a girl in a Facebook support group told me about a MedPsych unit she went to that’s like what I’m describing in a hospital in Florida, but it was so long ago, I’ve forgot it’s name, and I can’t find anywhere online. Does anyone know where I’m talking about? It’s a psychiatric hospital in Florida that has one floor that is a psych floor/med surg floor for people who need both psych treatment and medical hospitalization. It is not for ED’s. It’s for people with general mental illness who also struggle with physical health issues. Does anyone know of where I’m talking about? Or even if it’s not the specific hospital in FL I’m thinking of, does any know of any hospitals like this? A hospital that has MedPsych unit where it is a med surg floor/psych unit for people who need to be psychiatrically hospitalized, but also struggle with serious medical issues?
The University of Iowa has a MedPsych unit and a few other unique specialized psych units: https://uihc.org/psychiatric-nursing-units
They used to have an ED inpatient unit, but closed it in order to open more general psych beds. But I would imagine they still have the ability to treat people with EDs on an individual basis at the inpatient psych level. Especially given that they do still have an ED PHP/IOP program, and that before
closing they were the only ED unit in the state.
Thank you!!!! It looks promising!!! I’ll reach out to them!!
Just fyi for anyone interested I called the university of Iowa about their medpsych unit while they do accept out of state clients, they are unable to tell you ahead of time if you can be admitted. You’d have to travel there to their ER and be admitted thru the ER, like a normal psych hospitalization, and it is acute stays only for acute mental health crises, so people don’t normally stay longer than one week. So it’s not what I’m looking for, but thought I’d let people know, in case that’s a good fit for someone else.
Another one is at University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital. From what I can gather, they have an inpatient Medicine in Psychiatry unit (“IMIP”) as well as a “MIPS” (Medicine in Psychiatry Services) team that consults with psych patients with medical needs and medical patients with psych needs.
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/locations/imip-unit
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/psychiatry/divisions/medicine-in-psychiatry-services
Thank you so much for looking these up for me Rachel!!! I really appreciate all the hard work you do for this community!!
I called the university of Rochester, and their medpsych program is only for locals and it’s not really a mental health program. It’s a mental health protocol for people who are medically admitted to the hospital on a med/surg floor for an acute medical emergency (heart attack, stroke, etc) who have serious mental health struggles as well as whatever is going on medically, and it’s just a protocol with extra observation for those patients basically. They said it’s mostly geared towards elderly adults who are hospitalized for a medical issue who also have dementia and need extra monitoring due to safety concerns.
the medpsych program in Atlanta is the same type of program as the hospital in Rochester and is also only for locals
Here is the list I compiled besides the ones Rachel did (I have not gone to any of these though, just made the list :):
https://psychinstitute.com/treatment-services/adults/medical-psychiatric-med-psych-unit/
https://www.uhhospitals.org/for-clinicians/articles-and-news/articles/2019/11/new-med-psych-unit-now-open-at-uh-cleveland-medical-center
https://www.uhhospitals.org/for-clinicians/articles-and-news/articles/2019/11/new-med-psych-unit-now-open-at-uh-cleveland-medical-center adult/geriatric floor: “Due to the accessibility of medical specialty consultation and resources such as dialysis, providers are able to care for more medically complex patients”
https://www.uhhospitals.org/services/behavioral-health/inpatient-services
https://nursingncal.kaiserpermanente.org/one-of-a-kind-unit-excels-at-treating-psych-patients/
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/health/grady-memorial-hospital-med-psych-unit/85-c8b94a87-f178-4fcc-ab5e-0ebfdbba6109
Thank you so much!!! I’ll look into these, thanks!!
https://compasshealthcenter.net/programs/young-adult-programs/young-adult-and-adult-mental-health-chronic-pain-and-illness-program
i don’t know what state you’re located in but they are based in Illinois (this is a program I’m considering) but on the east coast they have licensing in DC, Virginia, and Maryland.
They also have a in person and virtual trauma program so I’m wondering if you were in those states if they would have the expertise to work with you having a chronic illness and trauma program.
Thank you so much!! This program might actually be a really good fit for me because I live in VA, so I’ll reach out to them, thanks!!
If you do end up doing the program or finding out more information, please post the information/review you have here! I am considering doing it myself at some point possibly in the new year.
Sure, I will!
Did you ever do this program? And if so, did you find it helpful? Thanks!
Unfortunately my insurance doesn’t cover any treatment outside a few counties in Wisconsin for mental health care and only one hospital system for physical healthcare and they won’t budge so unfortunately it’s not in the cards right now or anytime soon because I cannot switch insurance
I’m so sorry. That’s so frustrating
Someone I was talking to online a few months ago said brown has a med-psych though it’s not advertised but they sent me this exact link
https://www.brownhealth.org/centers-services/psychiatry-and-behavioral-health-services/inpatient-psychiatry-services
Sorry for adding another post (another thought came up):
I think a lot of the biggest universities have med psych wards that might not be advertised (not all of them but some) so if none of these ones work out, I would say that it doesn’t hurt to call the big ones near you to see if they have one they don’t advertise (like one of my previous posts).
And also I know this isn’t ideal but some geriatric psych wards accept adults who are not 65 and older (because it’s not a legal thing like kids and adults) and they tend to have more medical expertise and medical care and have more long term patients than just a 5-10 day stay. One near me accepts non geriatric patients on a case by case basis.
Also here are two more random programs I found that probably won’t be helpful to you but could be options to explore (one is a php)
https://www.brighamandwomens.org/psychiatry/divisions-and-programs/critical-illness-recovery-program
https://lluh.org/behavioral-health/our-services/mend-outpatient-program
Thank you so much for sending me all these resources!!! I’d mostly given up hope on finding treatment with my medical complexity, but this renews some hope in me!!! I really appreciate you taking the time and going out of your way to look all these up for me, thanks!!!
I’m medically complex too, so I’m glad I could possibly find something for you.(with my medical conditions I cannot go to traditional ED/MH treatment) If I find anything more while looking for myself I’ll add more on the thread 🙂
Thanks!! Yeah, I can’t go to traditional ED/MH treatment anymore either due to the severity of my disabilities. It’s been really difficult for me to find a place that has the ability to assist with bathing and getting dressed and my ADL’s, etc
Maybe this is it? If not maybe the others will come in handy. I hope you can find a place that will not only help but will also be able to accommodate you (I have an invisible disABILITY) so I can relate on some level!!
St. Joseph’s Hospital
https://baycare.org/locations/s/st-josephs-hospital-north-unit-for-psychiatry-and-medical-services
News article about the unit at St. Joseph’s Hospital
https://mcdmag.com/2023/04/behavioral-health-services-expand-with-inpatient-unit-at-st-josephs-hospital-north-in-florida/
Tampa General Hospital
https://www.tgh.org/institutes-and-services/behavioral-health-services
Advent Health
https://www.adventhealth.com/our-services/behavioral-health/acute-inpatient-psychiatric-care
HCA Florida Healthcare
https://www.hcafloridahealthcare.com/specialties/mental-health-and-wellness/inpatient-mental-health-care
HCA Florida Fort Walton- Destin Hospital
https://www.hcafloridahealthcare.com/locations/fort-walton-destin-hospital/specialties/mental-health-and-wellness/inpatient-mental-health-care
This one is in Ohio (news article)
https://www.uhhospitals.org/for-clinicians/articles-and-news/articles/2019/11/new-med-psych-unit-now-open-at-uh-cleveland-medical-center
More detailed than the news article up above
https://www.uhhospitals.org/services/behavioral-health/inpatient-services
Good luck and I admire your perseverance!!
Thank you!! I really appreciate this!!
You are so welcome!
Try the women’s behavioral health unit at the Adventist hospital in Hendersonville / Fletcher, NC.
Thanks!!
Has anyone been to LifeSkills in Florida? Does anyone know of its reputation? Does it have a good reputation? Or does it employ TTI tactics? My mom found a primary mental health residential treatment center in Florida called LifeSkills that supposedly can help with ADL’s, bathing, etc, is wheelchair accessible and ADA compliant supposedly, and can handle serious medical issues as it is on the campus of a medical hospital ( though it is a residential facility, not inpatient). However, I can’t find out much information about it online, and most of the google reviews are very very overtly negative. I know that you can’t always trust google reviews, but there are lots of serious accusations of abuse (including physical abuse) on the google reviews, which makes me really nervous and hesitant to go there, though so far, it is the only program we’ve been able to find that looks like they might be able to handle my medical issues and physical disabilities. But I’m really really nervous because lots of the google reviews claim people were abused there and make it sound like they employ TTI tactics. Has anyone on here actually been there? Or has anyone heard of this program? Is anyone aware of its reputation or if they employ TTI
tactics? I’m really desperate for treatment, but I already have very severe CPTSD, and I don’t what to go anywhere that’s going to make my CPTSD worse, and have me leave the program more traumatized than I was going in. Is anyone aware of LifeSkills reputation? Or if they employ TTI tactics? Has anyone been there?
Does anyone know of any primary mental health or primary trauma facilities that will assist with ADL’s (bathing, getting dressed, brushing teeth, etc) for people with physical disabilities who are not able to perform their own ADL’s? It would also need to be wheelchair accessible and ADA compliant. My ED is mostly recovered at this point, so I’m more looking for a primary trauma or primary mental health facility that is disability accessible and able to help with ADL’s
Has anyone been to residential treatment for OCD at any of these programs? Was it helpful?
I have not been there personally, but I have a friend who had very debilitating severe ocd who went to Rogers OCD residential, who credits Rogers with saving her life, and her ocd is much more manageable and less disabling now. I also know someone else who went there for Dermatillomania (compulsive skin picking disorder) who found the ocd program extremely helpful for her compulsive skin picking as well!
I will do a review soon (I am in a chronic illness flair up right now), I have done all levels of the adolescent ocd program at Rogers numerous times and I received amazing support (2019-2022). I’ve only done the ed levels of care as an adult. The ocd program is really their specialty (I can’t speak for non-Wisconsin locations and how well they do) even better than their ED program. I’ve heard the adult res program is equally as good. I have heard mixed things about the ocd, anxiety, depression units as they are really new but they are still good but just not as good as the regular ocd units.
As requested – new forum dedicated to finding mental health residential treatment! If you have suggestions or ideas of text to include in the main body of this page (the writing above the comments section) please share, I would love to have lots of it written by community members.
I’ll move old posts from the Client General Forum about finding mental health residential treatment here, so that the information in them will be easy to find.
Yay!
Thanks so much Rachel!!! I really appreciate this!!!
I don’t know if maybe some of my posts asking about primary mental health and primary trauma programs and psych hospitals might belong here! Thanks so much for doing this Rachel!
For anyone interested, here is my in-progress list of primary mental health residential programs! Lots of info missing – but I’m challenging my OCD and posting anyway! 🙂 Feel free to add missing info/names/programs!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IbNm83Uiy_SDHAqJTXJfOfF1lWYetmdcKkqrnGLO_xM/edit?usp=sharing
Folks I’ve made this list private again until I can add a notice at the top saying that I’m not recommending/endorsing anything here, I am just listing what I have found over the course of 100+ hours of research and am counting on the community to let me know of anything that ends up on here that shouldn’t be included. There is no way for me to know a place is traumatizing or horrible unless someone tells me. I really want you all to tell me! ❤️ I’ve worked hard to keep off all the places that I know for sure are TTI, but I’m sure I’ve missed some, just as I know I’ve missed some traumatic adult facilities. But PLEASE I’m begging, you can be nice when you let me know. I’m already getting long angry, triggering, hurtful emails with in depth descriptions of traumas that occurred and how the fact that this or that terrible certain place that is listed in this document leaves them questioning my competence and threatening all the bad things that will happen to people if they see this list, which is what I was afraid of happening in the first place if I put up a list of mental health residential. I can’t handle it and I don’t think I deserve it. In my mind we’re in this whole thing together, working together as a community, as an EDTR family, to put information about treatment into the world that is helpful. I’m already grieving a friend of mine who lost their life due to mental health a few days ago. Compassion, please… And I promise, you don’t need to describe in depth to me the traumas you experienced in order to prove to me that a place should be removed. I believe you. I believe you. ❤️
edited: to clarify and fix a couple typos.
I had a traumatizing experience at the cfd mood and anxiety. They commonly refer to places like provo canyon school and wilderness therapy. My parents had to pull me out because they wanted to send me to wilderness therapy.
they are very strict and punitive.
That is absolutely unacceptable behavior for a “treatment” program to do. I’m so sorry you had to experience such a terrifying and traumatizing situation and such inexcusable actions from adults who you and your family counted on to help you and not hurt you. <3 Are you comfortable saying which location this was? Do you know if every location does this?
The location I was at was the Brentwood adolescent house. I think that specific house closed recently.
I know all the Cfd moods are like that from what I’ve heard.
the Cfd mood is a separate program to the cente for discovery. Cfd is good, but depends on location
I’m so sorry for the loss of your friend Rachael ❤️. I hope you’re okay ❤️
Im so sorry people are being mean to you and sending you angry, triggering, hurtful emails. That wasn’t what I intended when I asked you to put up a list of primary mental health facilities. It didn’t occur to me that people might do that. I’m so sorry. I really hope you’re okay. I really hope you can prioritize your own mental health and wellbeing over running this site. At the end of the day, your mental health and wellbeing are more important than putting up a list of primary mental health facilities, and if that means you need to put off making the list live until it’s completely done and ready, or if that means that you just can’t make the list live ever because it’s too harmful to your mental health, then it’s okay.
At the end of the day, your mental health is more important than helping me or anybody else find a primary mental health treatment facility. If you need to not put it up until it’s completely done and ready, or if you just can’t put it up ever because it’s too harmful to your mental health, that’s totally okay! I can do my own research online to try and find a facility that’s a good fit for me. I’m really sorry I asked you to make it live before it was ready. It didn’t occur to me that people would react this way. I’m so sorry, and I’m really sorry for your loss too ❤️. If you can’t make it live for a while, or can’t make it live ever, that’s totally fine!
This is so troubling. You do SO MUCH good work and it’s very sad that people act in the way that they do.
Hi Rachel, since the list is private atm, I can’t see whether these programs are on it, but I just want to clarify that both Innercept (Idaho, adolescent & adult) and Solstice (Utah and NC, adolescent) are general mental health programs that claim to treat EDs but are definitely abusive/classified as TTI programs, so I hope you will remove them if they are on there!
I think I speak for everyone here when I say that I appreciate all the work you put into compiling these resources, and don’t expect you to be 100% perfect all of the time (re: compiling a list of safe facilities). I’m sorry you have been confronted by people who feel otherwise. You’re doing the best you can, and that is more than enough <3
I have a friend at intercept right now and she was on passes this weekend with her parents and she called me she is finally getting the help she needed. It is really strict but she told me that is what she needed to recover. She has been sent to abusive programs and she told me that one is not. I am not invalidating your experience, everyone has different experiences. It definitely doesn’t treat Eds though.
I am not comfortable posting specific details about my admission bc I don’t want to trigger anyone, but Innercept has significantly more negative reviews than positive from prior residents, so your friend is in the minority if they are being honest with you about it being “helpful.” I would recommend looking into some of what other people have been saying about the program before saying it is not that bad.
Fwiw, there was a point during my admission where I was also touting the benefits of the program. I was somewhat “brainwashed” and somewhat just trying to get out ASAP. It was only after I discharged that I was able to fully grasp what I had been through, and how the abuse and other forms of maltreatment I endured during my stay were not okay. So maybe your friend is in a similar position right now.
Thank you. ❤️❤️❤️
Just confirming that they weren’t on the list, and will NOT be anywhere near that list. If you click the link there is an option to request to view, so if you want to take a look and let me know if any other places that shouldn’t be on there made it on, I would appreciate that!
Hi Rachel, I’m the anon who posted about Innercept. Thank you for granting me access to the page! I would also advise removing Cascade, Elevations (formerly known as Island View, which is an infamous program itself… outside of general survivor testimonies, I have a friend who went there post-Elevations rebrand and has said some really concerning things), Evolve, and Newport (again, also have a friend who has direct experience with this program & has shared some terrible details). Otherwise, the list looks relatively safe to me, but I’m also not an expert on every single program, so I really appreciate your continuation to accept survivor testimonies when new allegations come out <3
Thank you so much! Re Elevations, the program listed is actually Elevation with no “s” – I should probably add a parenthetical after the name clarifying that this program is not at all connected to “Elevations.” The Elevation that’s included in the spreadsheet is an adult program, I’ve actually been there. 🙂 https://elevationbehavioralhealth.com/
I appreciate you sharing this, since every google search (my entire front page, at least) regarding “elevation rtc” directed me towards “elevations” plural, so I would not have been aware of “elevation” singular had you not shared this. Since you have positive personal experience with this program, I think it could be beneficial to include it, but just make very clear that is is “Elevation” not “Elevations,” since the names are so similar, but the impacts are so drastically different
Re Newport, I had been really unsure about including it, because most of the locations looked concerning at minimum, and gave me an uncomfortable feeling, and it sounds like that impression was correct. The reason I included it was because I know two people who had amazing experiences at the girls Connecticut location (they both went there in 2022, separately) and I talked with them each at length about that specific program/location, and they highly recommended it. But only that location. Maybe on the list I only include the CT location and don’t list any others, and next to the CT line add an asterisk saying to avoid all other locations and there is an investigation pending?
All the negative views re: Newport that I am aware of have been for their CA location, so I cannot comment on their CT location. While recommending their CT location over other locations would be better than nothing, I would still be hesitant to do so regarding shared corruption at higher company levels. Ultimately, it’s your list and therefore up to you re: how inclusive you choose to make it, but imo the corruption present at the higher levels within the company would make Newport an unsafe location should this corruption begin to impact locations other than the CA location (just because it has not started to bleed into other locations yet does not mean that it never will!), and imo there are enough general mental health programs with “safer” reputations that questionable Newport locations do not “need” to be on there.
This approach makes sense. I trust your thought process, and we’ve seen enough how quickly the impact of corruption spreads like poison roots on fast forward from just a few locations to all with plenty of other things, there is no need to take the risk of including any location. I’m going to remove all the Newports, including adult ones for now as well.
Forgot to mention, I’ve removed the others you said as well! I added “(Malibu, CA)” to the Elevation title and will add a notation as well. It’s pretty common for treatment programs to have the same or similar names, there’s really only so many options for names out there. Some treatment programs put a lot more work/money into SEO than others, which is part of the purpose behind making this list in the first place – for people to learn about treatment options that may not show up on the first page of Google search results. I’m hoping people will use the direct links I’m providing for each program since obviously, given evidence like the search results you got, Google isn’t a reliable database of mental health treatment.
Hello! Would you be willing to review the list again and let me know if there are any further TTI programs on it?
Link to new forum dedicated to finding mental health residential treatment: https://edtreatmentreview.com/mental-health-residential-treatment-discussion-forum/
Rachel, do you know if there are any programs on this list that have the ADL’s tag? (it’s totally okay if you don’t know the answer!) Also, I saw you post about your cat’s surgery, so I know you’re very busy, so it’s totally fine if it takes you a while to check and get back to me! Good luck with your cat’s surgery!!! I hope it goes well!!! <3
Does anyone know of any residential or inpatient programs that are good at treating people with Atypical Anorexia who are overweight? My BMI is in the “obese” category, but I struggle primarily with restricting and only extremely rarely binge. I need a program that is good for people who are overweight who struggle with a restrictive ED and not bingeing. Does anyone know of any programs that are good with people with restrictive eating disorders who are overweight, and aren’t going to push me to lose weight and be fatphobic? I’d also need a program that is good with very severe Complex PTSD, OCD, Autism, Psychosis, SI, and SH, and can handle serious non-ED related medical conditions.
If you have serious medical issues, you’ll probably need to look for IP programs. Residential programs require clients to be medically stable upon admission.
McLean and Rogers are supposed to be good with OCD. Sheppard Pratt has an IP trauma program, as does McLean. I believe you’d have to be medically stable for any of McLean’s programs as it’s a freestanding psychiatric hospital without medical services on-site.
Menninger Clinic and Laureate are others that might have more medical services available. I don’t know if they treat the issues you listed. I haven’t been to any of the programs I’ve mentioned. You might have to go to an IP medical psych unit then transfer to an IP ED program.
Generally, full PTSD and OCD treatment is available once a person is in recovery. For example, Roger’s OCD or PTSD residential programs, ERC’s Pathlight programs are programs offering OCD and/or PTSD treatment to individuals in recovery from EDs who are medically stable.
Yeah, I am mostly looking into inpatient programs and not residential. I think IP would be better able to handle both my medical issues and my psych issues. Rogers, Laureate, ERC, and Sheppard Pratt have all turned me away either due to having too severe medical issues or too severe psych issues. I wouldn’t want to go to Sheppard Pratt’s ED unit anyways, because I was there a couple years ago and found it severely traumatic. And Sheppard Pratt told me that their trauma program no longer exists. It’s been changed to a regular 3-5 day psych unit that just has a little more emphasis on trauma than a general psych unit, and even though I had a very traumatic experience at Sheppard Pratt’s ED unit two years ago, I did an intake assessment with them, and they said my psych issues were too severe. ERC said the same thing. Laureate said my trauma was too severe for them. Rogers said my Autism was too severe and that my medical issues were too serious for them. I have multiple life threatening neurological conditions and multiple life threatening autoimmune conditions that aren’t ED related, and I require IV plasma transfusions every 4 weeks in order to stay alive, and most ED or mental health treatment centers I’ve contacted say they don’t have the capability to do that. Even the IP ED programs that do do IV’s for ED-related medical issues tell me they don’t do IV’s for non-ED medical conditions, which is very frustrating. If an IP program has the ability to do IV’s for ED related medical problems, then I feel like they do have the ability to do IV’s for non-ED medical conditions. They just simply don’t want to. It’s extremely frustrating how hard it is to find mental health or ED treatment if you have serious non-ED related medical issues. The only program that told me they could do my plasma transfusion was Center for Discovery, but they said they couldn’t accept someone who struggled with psychosis and that my trauma was too severe for them. There’s always something getting in the way of being accepted into treatment facilities. There’s always at least one reason they can’t take me. It’s always “Well, we could accept you into our program, if not for X issue that you struggle with”. It’s extremely disheartening and very frustrating how difficult it is for me to find treatment. And I know I’m not the only person who has this issue. If you have complex needs, it’s extremely difficult to obtain ED or mental health treatment. I am currently looking The Menninger Clinic and McLean, so hopefully one of those two programs will work out, though I think I may be too old for McLean because I’m 30. I’m not sure McLean accepts 30 year old’s. And I doubt McLean has the medical capabilities to do monthly IV infusions. I’m going to try Menninger first, because I think they’re a better bet, though I’m worried my ED might be too severe for them because I know they’re not a primary ED facility
I recently found out that Dominion Hospital in Virginia has a fantastic 30-day inpatient trauma program (“TraumaSci”). https://www.hcavirginia.com/locations/dominion-hospital/specialties/mental-health-and-wellness/psychological-trauma
Try giving them a call, that link has their direct number and they are super nice – or at least the people I talked to when I called were! 🙂 It’s a completely separate program from their ED program (Reflections), so I’m not sure if they can provide meal support, etc, but can’t hurt to ask.
I really empathize with how hard it is to find treatment when you have several complicating factors and trauma. Sadly, ime there are very few places that treat severe eating disorders and trauma simultaneously.
I am diagnosed with DID, CPTSD, and a survivor of child trafficking. For years I bounced from treatment to treatment because either my ED was too bad for trauma treatment, or my trauma was too intrusive for ED treatment. It’s extremely frustrating.
Trauma is a root cause of eating disorders, and yet most ED places barely acknowledge it.
I hope Menniger can help you.
McLean’s age for the program isn’t a strict criteria. They do accept people older than 30. McLean is affiliated with Harvard, maybe there’s a medical hospital they could get you to 1x/month for your infusion? It’s worth asking. McLean does have transportation service for some programs. They do have IP trauma stabilization should you need a short stay during the time you’d be in the EDC. They also have an OCD center, and do allow people who have co-occurring issues to go to 1 group per day at another unit/center. McLean definitely accepts people experiencing psychosis into IP and one of the long term residential programs. Use that info to advocate for yourself, that they have the capacity to help with psychosis and med mgmt should you need help with stabilization while there. They should be able to temporarily transfer you to IP for stabilization or med change on a unit that specializes in psychosis, then move you back to the ED acute res once you are stable. All of the programs are on the same campus.
I’ve been to McLean before (a long time ago), and I believe it’s worth your reaching out as they treat all of the psychiatric issues you are dealing with on the same campus.
Thank you! I’ll definitely look into McLean then, as well as Menninger!!
Awesome! Also, in case you didn’t see it before, I put together a list of places and ideas for ya here: https://edtreatmentreview.com/client-general-forum/#comment-25387
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone! I’ll definitely look into the programs you guys have recommended!
Alsana is good with it. They get that person of any size can struggle with any ed symptoms.
In my experience, it is extremely difficult to admit to most programs (ED or mental health in general) with psychosis/or history of psychosis. Most places have denied me in the past due to this. Depending on the severity of your ED I would look into the Menninger clinic in Texas. They are great for mental health but I’ve heard their ED track is more similar to a PHP. I’ve been to the Menninger clinic for their refuge recovery meetings and I really loved them. I’d definitely look into it!
Thank you! Yeah, I’ve had extreme difficulty finding programs willing to accept me with psychosis. I get denied almost everywhere due to my psychosis. It’s very frustrating and extremely disheartening how difficult it is to obtain treatment if you struggle with psychosis. Basically all you can get if you struggle with psychosis is a 3-5 day stay in a general psych unit, but it’s extremely difficult to find residential facilities or ED specific or trauma specific facilities to accept you if you struggle with psychosis. It’s extremely frustrating. Have you found anywhere that is willing to take you with psychosis? Is there anywhere you’ve been that accepted you with psychosis that you had a good experience with?
Only general psych! It is so sad that nowhere accepts individuals who experience psychosis. We need help too!! :’(
I’m at Pathlight mental health residential in Seattle and there are a couple patients here with psychosis! Pathlight definitely doesn’t treat EDs so I don’t recommend them for anyone who needs ED treatment or who isn’t already in recovery, but I hope it might be a sign of changing times, that eventually more and more places will stop being so close-minded
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I have had a lot of the same issues as you do, like litterly reading your post is like reading myself, I’ve had ocd that causes suicidality and self harm, Ed, and severe depression. I went to rogers and was fairly successful, it took a couple tries, I was very resistant a couple stays, but I eventually got to a really good place, the residential Ed program for adults incorporates treatment for ocd and eating disorder, and then I went to the ocd residential for ocd, and then when I went to PHP they had me do TMS for depression. They definitely don’t do room based though, so it might be a possible step down option, the ocd program saved my life, they had so much knowledge about the suicidality and self harm compulsions and were able to help me. There is lots of availability for down time, they were pretty autism friendly too. I don’t have any other experience with other hospitals because my insurance literally only covers rogers even for emergencies but hopefully someone else has other ideas
Pt. 2 also rogers res and PHP only have maybe 1-2 groups a day for eating disorder and ocd because you mostly do individualized assignments and exposures your therapist and behavioral specialist give to you, but not as much the case in depression and general mental health recovery.* As far as exercise goes in PHP there are no exercise groups, in res it’s more like playing games sometimes or going on a short nature hike. Another reason I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it as your first step is inpatient you get no therapy and then in res you get individual twice a week although you see your BS [behavioral specialist] a couple times a week and talk about concerns with them.
*admin note: rogers has multiple adult mental health residential facilities in addition to their ED residential facility (OCD/anxiety facility, trauma facility, addiction facility, and depression/general
mental health facility.
Princeton might be a better option than some places but doesn’t tick all your boxes.
Pros:
-You can spend most of your time in your room if you want
-Electronics access in the evenings
-Individual therapy every weekday
-They offer a lot of sweet foods. I prefer sweet foods too and even I wished for more savory options. You can have cereal, yogurt, and pop tarts as a snack or side at lunch/dinner (you have to have a savory entree at lunch/dinner) but other breakfasty foods mostly are only at breakfast. They really encourage having ice cream and dessert type things. After being there like a week you can choose whatever you want out of their menu packet.
-I felt that they understand autism decently
Cons:
-VERY weight restoration focused
-They really focus on ED more than anything else. People who came hoping to work primarily on other medical or mental health conditions were mostly disappointed.
-They may not let you do the harm reduction track as if you were in an adolescent program 4 years ago as that makes you under 25. I am not sure it’s a hard age cutoff though. The regular track has nonnegotiable weight restoration at a certain rate they adjust the meal plan to keep you at to at least a certain percentage IBW and any discharge below that is always AMA. I think but am not sure that someone who came in near or above xx% but not fully weight restored by their formula would also be on a weight restoration meal plan.
-The last snack isn’t until 9pm and with med line and such it was hard to get to bed before 9:30. A lot of people had trouble with this. You can nap during any downtime though.
Is Princeton only for people who are severely UW or have medical complications?
Does anyone know of any eating disorder inpatient treatment centers or residential treatment centers that accept people with Atypical Anorexia who also struggle with really severe Complex PTSD with psychotic features, Borderline Personality Disorder, OCD, Type 1 Bipolar, self harm, alcoholism, drug addiction, PANDAS, and very severe Autism? I’m finding it extremely difficult to find an eating disorder treatment center that can accept all of my co occurring mental health diagnoses and the severity of my Autism (I’m severely Autistic). The psychosis is also a big issue.
I haven’t been able to find anywhere so far that says they can accept someone who experiences psychosis. I was hoping River Oaks could accept me, because they specialize in treating co occurring eating disorders and trauma, but they said they can’t accept someone with psychosis or severe Autism. Does anyone know of any eating disorder treatment facilities that might be able to accept me? I was also hoping Rogers could accept me since they specialize in treating ED’s and OCD, and I have really severe OCD, but Rogers said that they can’t accept someone who experiences psychosis, and that my Autism is too severe for them as well.
I also have a lot of non-ED related serious medical conditions that cause lots of eating disorder treatment centers to not be able to accept me, so I need somewhere that can handle serious non-ED related medical illnesses as well. I have a serious autoimmune disorder that requires me to receive plasma donations through an IV every 3 weeks and I need that in order to stay alive, so I need somewhere that’s equipped to be able to do that, and I need somewhere that’s equipped to be able to treat serious life threatening infections if need be (I get very frequent severe life threatening infections because of my autoimmune disorder and they typically require medical hospitalization and IV antibiotics, so I need somewhere that’s equipped to deal with that if need be too). I need somewhere that’s equipped to handle serious emergency medical situations and do IV medical treatments.
I contacted ACUTE in Denver since they specialize in treating serious medical issues and ED’s, and they said they can’t accept someone who experiences psychosis, so ACUTE is out too. Does anyone know of any residential or inpatient eating disorder treatment facilities that may be able to accept me? I desperately need either residential or inpatient for my Atypical Anorexia, because I’m struggling really severely with my Anorexia right now, and have very serious medical issues because of it, and I’m really struggling non-ED mental health wise a lot right now too
How old are you?
29, but I turn 30 in May
Have you reached out to UCSD/Rady’s?
No, I haven’t, but I can, thank you!
Because you’re struggling with a variety of things, I would suggest Timberline Knolls. I was there in 2020 and they would take people to the hospital as needed, so I don’t think getting your plasma donations would be an issue. I was there with people who also had experienced psychosis. Let me know if you have any questions!
Thank you! I’d rather avoid Timberline Knolls, because of the massive sexual assault scandal they had there a while back- it makes me extremely hesitant to go there, but if I genuinely can’t find anywhere else that can accept me, I might have to look into Timberline Knolls. Thanks!
Has the psychosis ever been well-controlled? May not be possible to do run because of ED severity, but I wonder if more centers would be open to taking you if that was not very active.
The psychosis isn’t very well controlled unfortunately. My psychiatrist hasn’t found the right medication combination for me yet unfortunately. It doesn’t help that I also have a neurological disorder that worsens the psychosis and paranoia. What is run? Do you know of any ED treatment centers that accept people with psychosis?
Elizabeth, I’ve been doing as much research as I can – I want so badly for you to find somewhere. Because I know you’ve done a lot of research and know a lot about the main programs throughout the country, and are very motivated/proactive, I am just going to comment here with a name/link/location when I come across a place to reach out to, even if I haven’t done as much research as I would like into them myself yet to find out if they would be a good fit, or be a high enough level of care, or know much about their history/staff. I hope that is okay. I know you must be exhausted. And how exhausting it is to keep contacting places and striking out. You have contributed so much to this community! I think that together we can figure this out.
Given your complex medical presentation, you will probably need an inpatient program. I would look into New York Presbyterian’s inpatient ED unit. The unit exists within a larger psychiatric facility and are able to accommodate co-occurring diagnoses. You might also be interested in The Center for Autism and the Developing Brain (CADB) which is on the same campus.
Hi- if you’re still looking, I wanted to second the suggestion for NY Presbyterian Westchester Behavior Health Center – it’s a full psychiatric campus with wings that semi-specialize in various diagnoses, including the ED wing (The Outlook) and they can move patients between wings so if there are issues with say psychosis, SH, etc there will be expert care somewhere in the hospital, and they’re affiliated with NYP hospitals so they *may* be down with transport for medical treatment at the various nearby NYP hospitals (*tw*they’re already used to ambulance transport to ERs for SH needs*etw*). Between 2018 and 2021 I have spent some time in 4 of their wings over a bunch of stays, including the psychosis wing, high acuity one, and the ED one, and while I wouldn’t claim to love the place, there are a lot of highly expert doctors and whatnot and they just might be able to accommodate your needs (I hope!). I have severe mental illnesses with psychosis, autism, an eating disorder, and physical issues and there is a huge treatment gap for co-morbid folks!
Thank you so much! I am still looking for treatment! I’ll look into NY Presbyterian, thank you!!