Answering increasing demand for specialized treatment of severe eating disorders, Eating Recovery Center (www.eatingrecoverycenter.com), a behavioral hospital focused on comprehensive and sustainable treatment of eating disorders, today announced that it will double its patient capacity, expanding its inpatient facilities from 12 beds to 24. Eating Recovery Center is the only treatment center in the Rocky Mountain region providing extensive inpatient care for severe eating disorders alongside outpatient services.
Currently, the center serves 12 patients in overnight inpatient and residential programs and additional patients in partial hospitalization and outpatient programs. Once expansion is completed, the newly expanded Denver eating disorder treatment center and its staff will comfortably accommodate 24 inpatient and residential patients.
"Eating disorders are the deadliest mental illness and have increased demand for inpatient programs across the country," explains Kenneth L. Weiner, MD, medical director and co-founder of Eating Recovery Center. "We feel a responsibility as the only center in the region offering this level of specialized care to completely utilize our space and expand our areas of treatment for severe eating disorders by increasing from 12 to 24 inpatient beds."