Outpatient treatment is a level of care for eating disorders in which the patient resides at home for all forms of outpatient treatment. There are three types: 1) Individualized Outpatient treatment team: The patient lives at home and works with team of providers i.e. Maudsley family therapist, individual therapist, dietitian, psychiatrist, and adolescent medicine specialist. 2) Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP): The patient lives at home but attends therapeutic programming at a clinic for a minimum of 3 hours per day, 3 days per week. 3) Partial Hospitalization (PHP) or Day Hospitalization: The patient lives at home and attends therapeutic programming a minimum of 6 hours per day, 5 days per week. Outpatient care is often viewed as a first line intervention in hopes of preventing a higher level of care and/or as a step down from a higher level of care Additional information. Keywords: define Outpatient treatment, definition Outpatient treatment, definition of Outpatient treatment, meaning Outpatient treatment, dictionary Outpatient treatment, what is Outpatient treatment, Outpatient treatment eating disorder If you came to the F.E.A.S.T. Eating Disorders Glossary from a page on the F.E.A.S.T site, click the "go back" button in your internet browser to return to that page; if not, we welcome you to visit the FEAST home page for a wealth of information on evidence-based treatment for eating disorders, support for parents and families, the latest eating disorders research, a forum for parents and caregivers, useful books, etc. |