Partial Hospitalization Treatment for Eating Disorders

Who It's For

Our partial hospitalization program (PHP) provides treatment for patients who:

Require close monitoring and supervised meals
Have failed to benefit from less intensive care
Are acutely ill, but do not require inpatient hospitalization
Need step-down care after inpatient hospitalization

Contact Us

To make an inpatient referral or for questions regarding a hospital admission, please call 412-624-1000.

To refer to any outpatient levels of care, please provide your email address to receive a link to our patient intake form.

For general questions regarding any outpatient levels of care, please call 412-246-6390.

UPMC Center for Eating Disorders
3811 O'Hara St.
Eighth floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Bellefield Towers
100 North Bellefield Ave.
Lower Level
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

How Treatment Works

Treatment focuses on restoring proper nutrition and body weight.

Monday through Friday, the PHP provides 29 hours of nutritional, medical, and psychological treatment, including.

Two supervised meals and one snack daily
Nutritional counseling
Close medical monitoring

Psychological treatments include:

Cognitive behavioral therapy
Interpersonal therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy

From a Patient

" “In the past few weeks that I have been in partial, you have truly helped me stay on the path to recovery. The advice and guidance you have given me will stay with me forever and I credit you with a lot of the reason that I’m wanting to and aiming toward recovery. Thanks again for everything and I will truly miss talking with you.”

Read more comments from COPE patients and their families.

Note: This patient's treatment and results may not be representative of all similar cases