Eating Recovery Center, Ohio Expands Service Line Offerings to Include Mood, Anxiety and Trauma-Related Program

CINCINNATI, Oct. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Eating Recovery Center (ERC) announces today the expansion of its Mood, Anxiety and Trauma-Related (MATR) program to its center at Eating Recovery Center, Ohio (ERC Ohio) in Cincinnati. This program, part of ERC's subsidiary Insight Behavioral Health Centers, reflects the growing need to not only successfully address mood, anxiety and trauma co-morbidities for eating disorder patients, but to also provide this treatment on a stand-alone basis.

The MATR program will be available to adults and adolescents 16 years of age and older. In addition to providing best-in-class care for mood, anxiety and trauma-related disorders, the program screens and assesses for eating disorder symptomology and addresses both disorders concurrently. It also screens for substance use disorders/concerns and offers programming around compulsive behaviors and addiction as a secondary disorder.

The expansion of the MATR program at ERC Ohio comes at a time when more patients are being admitted for trauma-related disorders, as nearly 75 percent of ERC patients have a history of an event or complex trauma.

"By expanding the MATR program to ERC Ohio, we are addressing and responding to the growing need to provide best-in-class care to those suffering from co-occurring or stand-alone mental health conditions, helping these patients build a life unconstrained by mood and anxiety challenges," says Ashley Solomon, PsyD, CEDS, Regional Managing Director at Eating Recovery Center, Ohio. "We do this by incorporating a diverse array of brain-based, body-based and emotion-based interventions that have been proven effective in helping people live healthy, productive lives."

The MATR program is designed to address Depressive Disorders (including Major Depressive Disorder); Anxiety Disorders; Bipolar Disorder; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Trauma (including childhood and adult sexual, physical and emotional abuse); Attachment Disorders; Personality Disorders; Self-Injury; Co-Occurring Substance Abuse and Mood and Anxiety Disorders; Co-Occurring Eating Disorders and Mood and Anxiety Disorders; Adjustment Disorder (due to recent changes, transitions or losses); Grief and Complicated Grief.

MATR works closely with a patient's therapist and psychiatrist (in the community) to ensure continuity of care. It uses an integrated treatment approach that focuses on behavior change modalities from evidence-based treatments, such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Exposure and Response Prevention, Behavioral Activation, and Prolonged Exposure Therapy. It also supports these treatments with a strong influence from mindfulness based and trauma informed practices.

The program offers two levels of care: Intensive Outpatient and Partial Hospitalization. The Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) will consist of comprehensive support services with three hours of programming per day, three to six days a week. The Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) will provide similar services at eight hours during the week and six hours on the weekend, seven days a week. For both IOP and PHP, patients are medically and nutritionally supported, but specifics about each include:

IOP:

• Structured schedule of individual and group therapy and nutrition education emphasizing development and practical use of recovery skills in interactions outside of the treatment environment
• Patients encouraged to continue working with outpatient treatment professionals as an adjunct to IOP participation
• Direct-admit or step-down level of care

PHP:

• Daytime medical and psychiatric support as needed
• Structured schedule of individual, family and group therapy and nutrition education emphasizing learning and practicing recovery skills
• Opportunities to practice recovery skills during evenings at home
• Direct-admit or step-down level of care

ERC Ohio recognizes the need for the synergy of care between eating, mood, anxiety, and trauma-related disorders. Its unique programs give patients access to multiple levels of care and programs in one setting, increasing their likelihood of achieving and maintaining long-lasting recovery.

In addition to ERC Ohio, centers throughout ERC's vast network also offer the MATR program, including Chicago, IL; Houston, TX; Round Rock, TX; Sacramento, CA; San Antonio, TX; Seattle, WA; and The Woodlands, TX.

For additional information about ERC Ohio and the MATR program, as well as our eating disorder treatment services, please call (513) 245-4305 to speak with a Masters-level clinician or email [email protected].

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About Eating Recovery Center and Insight Behavioral Health Centers.
Eating Recovery Center (ERC) is the only national, vertically integrated, health care system dedicated to the treatment of serious eating and related disorders at any stage of the illness. ERC offers best-in-class treatment programs for all patients, no matter their age or gender, struggling from: anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, eating and weight disorder, unspecified eating disorders, as well as comorbid, co-occurring and dual diagnoses. Led by the world's leading experts in eating disorder treatment, ERC provides a full spectrum of eating disorder recovery services through an unmatched network of multiple locations across seven states. Partnering with ERC, Insight Behavioral Health Centers offers best-in-class mood and anxiety recovery programs in Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, OH; Houston, TX; Round Rock, TX; Sacramento, CA; San Antonio, TX; Seattle, WA and The Woodlands, TX.

SOURCE Eating Recovery Center