NEDA TOOLKIT for Parents
Partial Hospital
Patient is medically stable but:
Eating disorder impairs functioning, though
without immediate risk
Needs daily assessment of physiologic and mental
status Patient is psychiatrically stable but:
Unable to function in normal social, educational,
or vocational situations
Engages in daily binge eating, purging, fasting or
very limited food intake, or other pathogenic
weight control techniques
Intensive Outpatient/Outpatient
Patient is medically stable and:
No longer needs daily medical monitoring
Patient is psychiatrically stable and has:
Symptoms under sufficient control to be able to
function in normal social, educational, or
vocational situations and continue to make
progress in recovery
These criteria summarize typical medical necessity
criteria for treatment of eating disorders used by many
healthcare facilities, eating disorder specialists, and
health plans for determining level of care needed.
Please see Questions to Ask a Treatment Center for
additional help in determining a suitable treatment
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