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Renowned Experts, Drs. Craig Johnson and Ovidio Bermudez, Join Eating Recovery Center Clinical Team

Posted by Crystal Thomas on September 8, 2010 at 9:57am

Eating Recovery Center (www.EatingRecoveryCenter.com) today announced that two of the nation’s foremost eating disorders experts have joined its executive team. Craig Johnson, PhD, FAED, CEDS, has been named chief clinical officer of Eating Recovery Center and Ovidio Bermudez, MD, FAAP, FSAM, FAED, CEDS, will become the medical director of Eating Recovery Center’s new child and adolescent treatment program. The appointments of these renowned doctors, known for their scholarship, dedication and clinical expertise, further elevate Denver, Colo., as the nation’s hub for eating disorders treatment.

Eating Recovery Center, a national center for eating disorders recovery providing comprehensive treatment for anorexia and bulimia, currently operates a licensed behavioral hospital for adults with serious eating disorders and an outpatient office, both located in Denver, Colo.

“Eating disorders impact 11 million Americans and remain the deadliest mental illnesses,” said Kenneth L. Weiner, MD, CEDS, founding partner and chief executive officer of Eating Recovery Center. “With the addition of Drs. Johnson and Bermudez, Eating Recovery Center has assembled an internationally renowned team to help patients tackle every level of care from critical inpatient care to outpatient treatment.”

As chief clinical officer, Dr. Johnson will direct Eating Recovery Center’s clinical program development and implementation. He will also drive the Center’s research efforts in conjunction with Emmett R. Bishop, Jr., MD, CEDS, founding partner and medical director of adult services of Eating Recovery Center. A leader in the field of eating disorders treatment since 1979, Dr. Johnson founded and was most recently the director of the Eating Disorders Program at Laureate Psychiatric Hospital in Tulsa, Okla. He is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Oklahoma Medical School and has formerly held faculty appointments at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University Medical Schools.

Dr. Johnson was the founding editor of the International Journal of Eating Disorders, as well as a founding member of both the Academy of Eating Disorders and the Eating Disorders Research Society. He is also past president of the National Eating Disorders Association. He has authored three books, more than 70 scientific articles, and has been the recipient of several distinguished contribution awards.

“Eating Recovery Center’s ability to quickly adapt treatment innovations has led to the organization becoming a leader in the field of eating disorders. I look forward to working with this distinguished group to further advance the field,” said Dr. Johnson.

Dr. Bermudez, nationally and internationally recognized as an expert in the treatment of adolescents with eating disorders, will apply his expertise to the development of Eating Recovery Center’s new child and adolescent treatment program. Most recently the medical director of Laureate’s Eating Disorders Program, Dr. Bermudez is co-founder of the Eating Disorders Coalition of Tennessee (EDCT), vice-president and co-founder of the Oklahoma Eating Disorders Association (OEDA), as well as past president of the National Eating Disorders Association. He also serves in several leadership positions within the Academy for Eating Disorders.

Dr. Bermudez holds an academic appointment as clinical professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. He was previously faculty at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Additionally, he is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and member of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals. Dr. Bermudez has lectured nationally and internationally on eating disorders, childhood obesity and other topics related to adolescent healthcare. He has been widely recognized for his dedication and advocacy on behalf of sufferers and families.

“I am thrilled to join the clinical team at Eating Recovery Center to develop an innovative program focused on the specialized needs of children and adolescents with eating disorders,” said Dr. Bermudez. “Our approach will be sensitive to the developmental needs of each patient and address the medical, behavioral and psycho-social aspects of their eating disorder while working closely with each family – all important components of successful treatment and lasting recovery.”

Denver, Colo., now offers individuals with eating disorders a full spectrum of care overseen by the nation’s leading eating disorders clinicians. Drs. Johnson and Bermudez join Eating Recovery Center founders, Drs. Weiner and Bishop, recognized experts with more than 50 years combined expertise, in providing inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and outpatient services at Eating Recovery Center’s facilities. A partnership with Denver Health’s A.C.U.T.E. eating disorders program, directed by Philip Mehler, MD, CEDS, an expert in the medical complications of eating disorders, enables Eating Recovery Center to collaboratively provide care for severely medically compromised eating disorders patients.

Eating Recovery Center to Open Innovative Eating Disorders Hospital for Children and Adolescents

Posted by Crystal Thomas on October 26, 2010 at 2:00pm

Eating Recovery Center (www.EatingRecoveryCenter.com), a national eating disorders recovery program providing comprehensive treatment for anorexia and bulimia, today announced that it will open a new behavioral hospital specifically designed to provide eating disorders care to children and adolescents. The hospital is slated to open in late November in Denver’s Lowry neighborhood.

Eating Recovery Center’s newest treatment program will be led by a world-renowned expert in child and adolescent eating disorders, Ovidio Bermudez, MD, FAAP, FSAM, FAED, CEDS. Dr. Bermudez will serve as the hospital’s new medical director. It will operate under the direction of the treatment center’s CEO and co-founder, Kenneth L. Weiner, MD, CEDS, and its chief clinical officer, Craig Johnson, PhD, FAED, CEDS.

“The child and adolescent hospital will offer comprehensive treatment for eating disorders for children and adolescents, males and females. Our comprehensive treatment model will blend traditional approaches like medical stabilization, psychiatric stabilization and nutritional rehabilitation with new approaches like Behavioral Family Therapy in the partial hospitalization phase of the treatment experience,” explains Dr. Bermudez. “We have carefully chosen an outstanding staff and, in addition, will use technologies to enhance patient care. Our goal is to be a center of excellence and to offer the best treatment to the patients and families we care for.”

The child and adolescent facility will offer a full spectrum of treatment options for children and adolescents ages 10 to 17, including inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and outpatient services. In addition to treating eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia, the treatment center will address “eating disturbances,” which include such behaviors as extreme pickiness, food fears and food avoidance.

Eating Recovery Center’s multidisciplinary treatment team will work closely with families and referring professionals to collaborate on traditional treatment experiences such as nutritional rehabilitation, medical care and psychotherapy. Eating Recovery Center will also introduce such innovative approaches as:

• Utilizing technology, such as heart monitoring, movement monitoring and biofeedback, to monitor for overactive behaviors and manage anxiety in children and adolescents.
• Introducing Behavioral Family Therapy at a later point in the treatment continuum – after a traditional phase of treatment in 24-hour care – to allow patients to manage nutritional deficiencies and medical issues prior to collaboration with family.

“Recent studies have shown that the involvement of family in the treatment process has a positive impact on recovery,” explains Dr. Weiner. “We will work closely with families to integrate recovery-focused behaviors and sustainable changes into family life, enabling family members and loved ones to become agents of change for our patients.”

Eating Recovery Center’s child and adolescent hospital will be located at 8140 E. 5th Ave., Denver, Colo., and is now accepting patients from across the country.

Eating Recovery Center Announces 2nd Annual Rocky Mountain Eating Disorders Conference

Posted by Crystal Thomas on May 27, 2010 at 9:51pm

Featuring a larger venue, an impressive speaker lineup and multiple opportunities to learn, connect and collaborate, the 2nd Annual Rocky Mountain Eating Disorders Conference (http://bit.ly/9aXUSQ) will be held Friday, August 13, and Saturday, August 14, at the Denver Marriot City Center in Denver, Colo. The conference is hosted by Eating Recovery Center (http://bit.ly/awBGVX), a licensed and Joint Commission accredited behavioral hospital providing comprehensive treatment and sustainable recovery for eating disorders.

For the second consecutive year, the conference will focus on clinical advancements in the treatment of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and EDNOS; as well as innovative strategies for addressing the complexities of these disorders.

“In the eating disorders community, clinical collaboration leads to treatment innovations, best practice development and ultimately, better outcomes for our patients,” said Kenneth L. Weiner, MD, CEDS, founding partner and medical director of Eating Recovery Center. “The goal of the Rocky Mountain Eating Disorders Conference (http://bit.ly/9aXUSQ) is to foster a collaborative learning environment where our colleagues can learn, share and connect.”

Here is a brief sampling of sessions and speakers:

• Key Ingredients for Creating a Center of Excellence: A Primer for Building a Successful Program, Kenneth L. Weiner, MD, CEDS
• Escaping the Wilderness: Recovery from Anorexia, Emmett R. Bishop, Jr., MD, CEDS
• Medical Complications of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia, Philip Mehler, MD, FACP, CEDS
• The Willing and Able: Understanding the Adolescent Brain in the Treatment of Eating Disorders, Ovidio Bermudez, MD, FAAP, FSAM, FAED, CEDS
• New Models of Family Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders, Craig Johnson, PhD, FAED, CEDS
• The Mindful Therapist, Carolyn Costin, MA, Med, MFT, CEDS

Registration is $125 before June 15, 2010, and $150 thereafter. Registration includes all sessions, dinner on Friday night, continental breakfast and lunch on Saturday, as well as refreshment breaks. Single-day registration is $75. Student-discounted registration is $100 and $50 for single-day attendance. Space is limited and early registration is recommended. Continuing education credits are pending.

For more information or to register for the 2nd Annual Rocky Mountain Eating Disorders Conference (http://bit.ly/9aXUSQ), visit Eating Recovery Center’s website (http://bit.ly/awBGVX) or call 877-218-1344.

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Eating Recovery Center Warns Bullying Can Lead to Eating Disorders

Posted by Crystal Thomas on May 13, 2010 at 4:55pm

As recent national headlines have shown, bullying can have a significant impact on adolescents’ self esteem and sense of self worth. When bullying takes the form of making fun of weight or teasing about body shape, it can also contribute to the development of an eating disorder, warns Eating Recovery Center (http://bit.ly/d6gatJ), a licensed and Joint Commission accredited behavioral hospital providing comprehensive treatment and sustainable recovery for eating disorders. In fact, a 2009 study conducted by Beat, a British eating disorders association, found that nearly one-half of adolescents with eating disorders believe that bullying contributed to their illness.

“We’ve seen the detrimental effects that bullying can have on an adolescent’s self esteem,” said Bobbie Arthur, L.C.S.W., family therapist at Eating Recovery Center. “However, parents can minimize the impact of teasing about body shape and size by helping adolescents respect themselves and build a strong sense of self worth.”

Arthur offers the following three tips to help parents mitigate the effects of body-focused bullying.

1. Broaden your idea of beauty and focus on the unique elements – not centered on appearance – that make your young adult special. Highlight your son’s creativity and intelligence. Applaud your daughter’s energy and enthusiasm. Sit down with your child to identify admirable people who do not necessarily have the “perfect” look or body.

2. Match your actions to your words. When helping an adolescent recover from body-focused bullying, a parent who has positive body beliefs will have far more credibility than one who consistently criticizes his or her own looks.

3. Remember that good intentions can sometimes be damaging. Seemingly harmless messages that come from the family can have a significant, long-term impact. Instead of joking about body shape and size, encouraging weight loss or criticizing food choices, model healthy and active behaviors and promote healthy choices.

“It is important to help your teen see every aspect of himself or herself and love the broad spectrum that is who they are,” said Arthur.

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Eating Recovery Center Opens Outpatient Facility

Posted by Crystal Thomas on July 14, 2010 at 2:00pm

Eating Recovery Center (http://bit.ly/dCLIrZ), a national eating disorders recovery program providing comprehensive treatment for anorexia and bulimia, today announced the opening of a new outpatient location. Enabling Eating Recovery Center to expand its outpatient recovery services, the new Denver, Colo. office will offer integrated care for eating disorders in a flexible outpatient setting.

“This expansion allows Eating Recovery Center to offer patients a collaborative, team-based approach to outpatient eating disorder treatment,” said Kenneth L. Weiner, MD, CEDS, co-founder and medical director of Eating Recovery Center. “With access to a team of individual and family therapists, dietitians, and medical professionals, patients benefit from a well-rounded treatment experience that can help them achieve sustainable recovery.”

The outpatient clinical team works together to help individuals and families who are new to eating disorder treatment address disordered eating and body image issues before they have the chance to escalate. The clinicians are also committed to helping individuals who have been in a recovery program stay on track as they move into lower levels of care. The services offered include individual and family therapy, dietary counseling, psychiatric medical management, body
image and aftercare eating disorder support groups (http://bit.ly/bkZtR1), and an evening intensive outpatient program, which begins this month.

The evening intensive outpatient program is an integrated option for individuals who require more structure than individual counseling provides. Participants meet Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5 to 9 p.m. and take part in individual counseling, group therapy, nutrition education and multifamily therapy. They learn to break patterns that maintain their diseases and integrate sustainable changes into their lives. The timing of the program enables participants to integrate the skills learned in evening sessions into their daily lives.

“Eating disorders are complex conditions and every person’s experience with the disease is different,” explains Weiner. “The evening intensive outpatient program allows us to tailor treatment to the individual needs of each patient and promote successful recovery.”

Eating Recovery Center also operates a licensed behavioral hospital for adults with severe eating disorders, and will open an adolescent treatment facility in the Denver Lowry neighborhood in October 2010. All services are guided by the leadership and clinical expertise of Weiner and Emmett R. Bishop, Jr., MD, CEDS, co-founders of Eating Recovery Center and nationally renowned experts who have separately founded numerous other eating disorder programs (http://bit.ly/dCLIrZ) throughout the country.

The outpatient office is now open at 600 S. Cherry Street, Suite 600, in Denver, Colo. For more information or to make an appointment, please call 877-218-1344.

Survey of Higher Education Professionals Shows Increase in Prevalence of Eating Disorders on Campus, Student Unwillingness to Seek Treatment

Posted by Crystal Thomas on April 29, 2010 at 3:21pm

Recent research shows that eating disorders on college campuses are increasing in prevalence across the U.S., students are unwilling to seek treatment, and many campuses lack the resources to assist students with these diseases. These trends were revealed in a March 2010 survey of higher education professionals conducted by Eating Recovery Center (http://bit.ly/a4ZHKq), a licensed and Joint Commission accredited behavioral hospital providing comprehensive treatment and sustainable recovery for eating disorders, and the Enrollment and Retention Services Division of EducationDynamics, higher education’s leading marketing and information services company dedicated to helping institutions find, enroll and retain students.

The eating disorder survey was completed by 108 higher education professionals from across the U.S. The majority of respondents are employed by public, four-year and private not-for-profit four-year universities. However, private for-profit four-year, private two-year and vocational institutions were also represented. Counseling staff represented 42 percent of survey respondents, with Student Health and Wellness and Student Affairs professionals representing the remaining majority.

“The two major life transitions that most commonly contribute to the onset of an eating disorder are puberty and leaving for college,” said Kenneth L. Weiner, MD, CEDS, founding partner and medical director of Eating Recovery Center. “The survey’s finding that students are not seeking help is alarming – especially considering the fact that eating disorders are the deadliest mental illness.”

Among 108 respondents from higher education institutions across the country, 57 percent believe that there is an increasing trend in the number of college students with eating disorders (http://bit.ly/a4ZHKq). In addition:

• 48 percent of respondents estimate that less than five percent of their college student population either has or displays signs of an eating disorder;

• 37 percent estimate that six to 10 percent of students have or display signs of an eating disorder;

• 11 percent estimate that 11 to 20 percent of students have or display signs of an eating disorder; and

• three percent of respondents estimate that 21 to 30 percent of students have or display signs of an eating disorder.

Although respondents indicated that eating disorders are increasing in prevalence on their campuses, 80 percent of respondents felt that their institution’s eating disorder resources (http://bit.ly/a4ZHKq) are sometimes, rarely or never used. Furthermore, nearly 40 percent of respondents also rated the eating disorder resources provided by their college or university as inadequate or non-existent.

When asked what the staff and faculty identify as barriers preventing students from seeking treatment, higher education professionals point to the following:

• Students are unwilling to seek treatment (82%)
• Students do not know that they have an eating disorder (48%)
• Students lack awareness of school's treatment resources (34%)
• Students are embarrassed to seek treatment (28%)
• Campus lacks on-campus treatment resources (28%)
• Perceived lack of anonymity in treatment (23%)
• Staff and faculty do not know where to refer students (18%)
• Students do not need to seek treatment (8%)

“These findings make clear both the growing prevalence of eating disorders on college campuses throughout the country and the significant barriers that prohibit students from seeking treatment,” stated John Mathew, president of EducationDynamics’ Enrollment and Retention Services Division. “In our own programming for student health and wellness, we find that students are increasingly drawn to the more anonymous and interactive resources such as the self-assessment Eating Disorder Scale: Are You at Risk (http://bit.ly/dBR8l1)?”
Eating Recovery Center and EducationDynamics are currently producing a college eating disorder white paper that discusses the survey results in further detail and provides resources and tactics for improving student access to eating disorder resources. The white paper will be available in early August.

To request a copy, please contact Eating Recovery Center (http://bit.ly/a4ZHKq) or visit http://www.educationdynamics.com/EDD/ContactForm.aspx.

Eating Recovery Center Named a 2010 Colorado Company to Watch

Posted by Crystal Thomas on June 22, 2010 at 3:55pm

Eating Recovery Center (www.eatingrecoverycenter.com) (http://bit.ly/bBWnJL), a licensed behavioral hospital providing comprehensive treatment and sustainable recovery for eating disorders, was named one of 50 Colorado Companies to Watch at a gala awards ceremony Friday evening. This dynamic business recognition program, founded by the Edward Lowe Foundation, identifies and celebrates second-stage companies that are transforming our economies and our lives.
Colorado Companies to Watch fuels the state’s economic fire by supporting growing businesses that are developing valuable products and services, creating quality jobs, enriching communities, and building new industries throughout Colorado.

“We founded Eating Recovery Center to fill a void in Denver eating disorder treatment,” explains Kenneth L. Weiner, MD, CEDS, medical director and founding partner of Eating Recovery Center. “Adults challenged with varying intensities of eating disorders in the Rocky Mountain region and beyond now have access to a truly integrated treatment program that cultivates lasting behavioral change and sustains long-term recovery, despite the stage or severity of their disease.”

In addition to being evaluated on past growth and projected success, applicants are also judged according to their special strengths. These special strengths revolve around a company's innovative products and business practices, special use of technology, work within their community and more. Colorado Companies to Watch also weighs the value of creating good quality jobs, diverse industries, and statewide representation.

Eating Recovery Center was honored for its innovation in facility design, influence in the behavioral health industry and the Denver community, and job creation in the growing healthcare field. The behavioral hospital was also recognized for filling a void in regional eating disorder treatment (http://bit.ly/bBWnJL) by providing high quality care – from inpatient treatment to outpatient programming – for adults with anorexia and bulimia.

"I fully support the Colorado Companies to Watch program,” said Governor Bill Ritter, Jr. “I understand the value of these high-growth second-stage companies to our state's economy and encourage others to get involved in making this program a great success. It fits perfectly with our dynamic economic strategy for Colorado.”

The 2010 Colorado Companies to Watch were recognized in the June edition of ColoradoBIZ Magazine, and at a gala awards celebration on June 18, 2010, at the Denver Marriott City Center. Each company will be named “This Week’s Colorado Company to Watch” during one week of the next year. Media partnerships such as with 9News in the Denver-metro area will highlight awardees throughout the year.

“Congratulations to Eating Recovery Center on your accomplishment of being named a 2010 Colorado Companies to Watch,” said Don Marostica, director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade. “The competition was strong, and being selected as an awardee is truly an honor and a testament to the vitality of your company.”

The Center’s October 2008 opening launched Colorado eating disorder treatment (http://bit.ly/bBWnJL) to the forefront as a leading region for eating disorder recovery. Denver is now one of the few cities in the U.S. where adults with severe eating disorders can receive the full spectrum of recovery options under the supervision of nationally recognized eating disorder experts.

Eating Recovery Center, which operates an adult licensed behavioral hospital in central Denver, an outpatient facility on Cherry Street in Denver, and will open an adolescent treatment facility in the Denver Lowry neighborhood in October 2010, accepts patients from across the country. The Center was founded by renowned experts Kenneth L. Weiner, MD, CEDS, and Emmett R. Bishop, Jr., MD, CEDS, who have separately founded numerous other treatment centers throughout the country. Eating Recovery Center proves to be the culmination of the two doctors’ efforts and expertise.

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