THE RIDGE YOUTH EATING DISORDERS PROGRAMThe Ridge Youth Eating Disorders Program (EDP) is an addition to The Ridge Youth Services continuum of care. This program has been developed to provide longer-term treatment for youth aged 12 to 17 in a structured, therapeutic milieu. The EDP operates as a program of The Ridge Behavioral Health System, a comprehensive behavioral health service provider operating a full continuum of mental health and addictive disease services for patients of Kentucky and contiguous states. The Ridge is a licensed acute care hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. The EDP is designed to treat youth, ages 12 to 17, or 18 if
still in high school. This target population is suffering from
an eating disorder, which has proven refractory to short-term
intensive treatment programs and unmanageable in less-intensive
treatment settings. Patients must present with symptoms
indicative of a DSM-IV condition as evidenced by the need for
treatment for an eating disorder. The Ridge EDP specializes in
the habilitation of youth whose eating disorder pathology is
manifested chiefly by medical problems, alteration in body
image, relationship problems and a lack of insight into the
severity of their illness.
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