Wheeler Clinic has launched a new program to provide in-home and outpatient behavioral health therapy for Anthem-enrolled children, adolescents, and young adults at risk of or diagnosed with eating disorders or addictions. Wheeler’s In-Home Behavioral Health Services – Eating Disorder Program provides a local, in-home alternative to residential eating disorder treatment centers. The program centers on an innovative, evidence-based program for adolescents and young adults, ages 10-24, either at early stages of an emerging anorexia nervosa disorder or diagnosed with anorexia nervosa disorder, including those with accompanying behavioral and emotional needs. “The program provides an effective approach to intervention at the earliest stages and achieves significantly better treatment outcomes for youth diagnosed with eating disorders than treatment as usual,” said Kim Nelson, LCSW, Vice President of Outpatient and Community-based Services at Wheeler in a press release. The continuum of substance abuse intervention and treatment services offered by Wheeler has also been expanded to serve Anthem-enrolled families with children and youth ages 9 to 18 who may be at-risk for or who have substance abuse issues. Wheeler’s array of addiction services offer a flexible combination of widely-recognized in-home and outpatient programs, as well as new family intervention services that provide parents/family […]
Wheeler Clinic has launched a new program to provide in-home and outpatient behavioral health therapy for Anthem-enrolled children, adolescents, and young adults at risk of or diagnosed with eating disorders or addictions. Wheeler’s In-Home Behavioral Health Services – Eating Disorder Program provides a local, in-home alternative to residential eating disorder treatment centers. The program centers on an innovative, evidence-based program for adolescents and young adults, ages 10-24, either at early stages of an emerging anorexia nervosa disorder or diagnosed with anorexia nervosa disorder, including those with accompanying behavioral and emotional needs. “The program provides an effective approach to intervention at the earliest stages and achieves significantly better treatment outcomes for youth diagnosed with eating disorders than treatment as usual,” said Kim Nelson, LCSW, Vice President of Outpatient and Community-based Services at Wheeler in a press release. The continuum of substance abuse intervention and treatment services offered by Wheeler has also been expanded to serve Anthem-enrolled families with children and youth ages 9 to 18 who may be at-risk for or who have substance abuse issues. Wheeler’s array of addiction services offer a flexible combination of widely-recognized in-home and outpatient programs, as well as new family intervention services that provide parents/family […]