Crisis on campus: Eating disorder intervention from a developmental-ecological perspective

The purpose of this article is to review a crisis intervention using the developmental-ecological protocol (Collins and Collins, 2005) with a college student presenting with symptomatology of an active eating disorder.

Participants included University Wellness Center employees responding to the crisis.

Methods include an informal review of the crisis intervention response and application of the ABCDE developmental-ecological crisis model.

Results reported include insight into crisis intervention when university counseling and health center is not available as resources.

ABCDE Developmental-ecological model recommendations for university faculty and staff are included.