Good news from UCSD
I'm so glad that the news of UCSD's Eating Disorder program is getting out there in the world, and in the literature: An Innovative Short-term, Intensive, Family-based Treatment. This case series points to what dozens of families have told me personally: that they found the 5-Day Intensive program turned around the way their family responded to the illness. That information, that confirmation of their competence as a family, really good clinical assessment, a careful and individualized treatment plan, contracting, and the inclusion of siblings, the realignment of parents - turned around families who had formerly been floundering or repeatedly disappointed.
This illness is hell no matter what. There are no shortcuts, no easy solutions, and no miracle prescription. I continue to believe that if families can find comprehensive, family-inclusive, multi-disciplinary, evidence-based treatment a very difficult time can be saved from being a tragic one. I applaud UCSD for being innovative in caring for families who are caring for their ill loved ones - and basing that innovation on evidence not just in one approach but the necessary range of information and approaches.
This illness is hell no matter what. There are no shortcuts, no easy solutions, and no miracle prescription. I continue to believe that if families can find comprehensive, family-inclusive, multi-disciplinary, evidence-based treatment a very difficult time can be saved from being a tragic one. I applaud UCSD for being innovative in caring for families who are caring for their ill loved ones - and basing that innovation on evidence not just in one approach but the necessary range of information and approaches.
I am also thrilled that the Kartini Clinic is considering doing this too. More facilities providing this care/training would be ideal. For example, we are 3 hours from Chicago and could make that work. When I looked into UCSD, it took two full weeks - though they were very helpful- to determine my insurance coverage. To be honest too, I was concerned about the time difference shifting my d's food so many hours (flexibility was not her strength at that time). I found out about the coverage on the Friday before the only week offered in December. There was not a January session. So by the time February came, we were nearly three months into it and within 8 pounds of weight restoration. I applaud UCSD and have read many, many positive comments. Hope to see many more follow suit even if it were only a two or three day training.
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