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treatment centers for eating disorders  

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  • Services for treating eating disorders range on a continuum of intensity from inpatient hospitalization to residential care to partial hospitalization programs to varying levels of outpatient treatment. Decisions about the best treatment setting in which to manage a person with an eating disorder depend on the nature of the disorder, the level of risk, physical and psychological complications, and patient preference. [Source: Encyclopedia of Obesity; Treatment Centers for Eating Disorders]

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