Using intensive medical and psychological treatment, McCallum Place treats eating disorders in children, adolescents, and adults. McCallum Place provides 24/7 monitoring, nutritional education, guidance from dietitians and academic care through on-site teachers and tutors.
McCallum Place’s treatment professionals include psychiatrists, psychologists, child and family therapists, physicians, nurses, dietitians, and sports medicine professionals. In their residential program, clients receive at least one 1:1 session with their psychologist, 3 weekly individual sessions with their eating disorder therapist, and one weekly session with a dietitian. Each client’s care team meets once a week to collaborate on goals and progress. McCallum Place provides support during and after all meals and snacks. They can provide intensive medical services as needed, like nasogastric tube feeding.
McCallum Place can treat anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, body dysmorphia, laxative abuse, and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). Along with primary eating disorders, they treat co-occurring mental health conditions like anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), trauma, self-harm, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and personality disorders.
McCallum Place provides multiple levels of care, including
residential treatment,
partial hospitalization, an intensive
outpatient program, and transitional housing. McCallum Place also provides a specialized recovery program for athletes, Victory Program. Here, athletes receive treatment for eating disorders and athletic support, with sports psychologists, coaches, and sports dieticians helping them recover.
Evidence-Based Context: According to SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2023), approximately 48.7 million Americans aged 12 or older had a substance use disorder in the past year. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) emphasizes that treatment programs combining behavioral therapy with medication-assisted approaches show the highest rates of sustained recovery. Facilities like McCallum Place provide structured pathways to evidence-based care.
Sources: SAMHSA NSDUH 2023, NIDA Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment (4th Ed.)