With Recent Opening of the Eating Recovery Center, Denver Is Recognized as National Hub for Eating Disorder Treatment

DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - April 2, 2009) - Eating Recovery Center, the premier behavioral hospital-based treatment facility for adults with anorexia or bulimia, was recognized this week by The Denver Post as the catalyst that has launched Denver to the forefront as a national hub for eating disorder treatment. Stemming from the Eating Recovery Center's October opening, 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.

"Denver has become a mecca for eating disorder treatment," explains Dr. Kenneth Weiner, medical director and founding partner of the 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."

Founded by Drs. Kenneth Weiner and Emmett R. Bishop, preeminent experts with more than 50 years of combined experience treating eating disorders, the Eating Recovery Center is one of a handful of treatment facilities in the country equipped to handle the most severe eating disorders by providing 24/7 medical attention from skilled psychiatrists, internists and nurses in a behavioral hospital setting. The Center offers a full spectrum of recovery options for adults, including intensive inpatient and residential care, partial hospitalization and outpatient programming.

Patients in life-threatening, medically compromised situations resulting from their eating disorder may require intensive medical stabilization. In such situations, the Eating Recovery Center partners with Dr. Phil Mehler and the A.C.U.T.E. (Acute Comprehensive Urgent Treatment for Eating Disorders) program at Denver Health Medical Center. An expert on the medical complications of eating disorders, Dr. Mehler and the A.C.U.T.E. program provide necessary medical care while behavioral support is provided by Eating Recovery Center clinicians.

"Continuity of care is crucial in eating recovery," explains Dr. Weiner. "The Eating Recovery Center's integrated treatment program, which focuses on the progressive movement of patients through different levels of care, is the treatment approach most likely to reduce the chances of relapse and pave the road to recovery."

Now open in central Denver and accepting patients from across the country, the Eating Recovery Center adopts a unique treatment philosophy that recognizes the fundamental importance of combining world-class medical and psychiatric management with an array of integrated therapeutic interventions, including expressive arts therapy, psychodrama, yoga, personalized nutritional counseling and massage therapy.

About the Eating Recovery Center

Located in the heart of Denver's medical district, the Eating Recovery Center is the only facility in the Rocky Mountain region that offers adults a full spectrum of eating recovery treatment options. From inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization and outpatient programs to meet each patient's unique needs, the Eating Recovery Center combines highly-trained medical staff with a unique integrated treatment philosophy to make each patient's successful recovery a life-restoring event. For more information, visit http://www.eatingrecoveryinfo.com.

Contact Information: Contact: Shannon Fern Office: 303-433-7020 Cell: 303-667-3553