**THE UIHC INPATIENT EATING DISORDER UNIT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED. MEDICAL STABILIZATION ON GENERAL UNITS, ED PHP AND ED OUTPATIENT ARE STILL AVAILABLE**

SOURCE and PRESS RELEASE: https://www.kcrg.com/2022/09/02/changes-coming-uihc-eating-disorder-program/ (permanent link: https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064908/https://www.kcrg.com/2022/09/02/changes-coming-uihc-eating-disorder-program/)

GET INVOLVED Through the Eating Disorder Coalition of Iowa: EDCI’s Response to the Closing of the Inpatient Eating Disorder Program at UIHC

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University of Iowa Eating Disorder Program includes the following levels of care:

  • Acute Medical/Psychiatric Inpatient Unit – This unit cares for individuals with extensive medical needs related to symptoms and health changes including nutritional deficits, cognitive impairments, severe dehydration and more
  • Eating Disorders Inpatient Unit This is their traditional inpatient eating disorders unit, and it treats patients 16 and older. The unit facilities are new as of 2021, and has private rooms. (UPDATE AS OF 09/22: PERMANENTLY CLOSED)
  • Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU): “While the CSU is not a specialty unit for the treatment of eating disorders, the staff is able to provide prompt and effective treatment for individuals experiencing a mental health emergency, such as an emotional crisis or a psychiatric issue needing care right away. Patients and staff share a calm and open area with comfortable reclining chairs. Patients are first seen by a nurse, and then participate in a psychiatric evaluation with the care team. You may be offered medicines or therapy to ease your symptoms. After we’ve had some time to see how you are doing, you may be given choices for more care. Those choices might include a hospital stay, medication, establishing outpatient therapy, getting connected to community resources, or other care options.“
  • Partial Hospitalization (PHP)
  • Aftercare/Relapse Prevention Support Group
  • Outpatient Therapy and Psychiatry

 

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