The Beech Hill Hospital Eating Disorders Treatment Program for Drug Dependent Females: program description and case...

The association of eating disorders and substance abuse has increasingly been noted among chemically dependent women. Without diagnosis and focused interventions around the disordered eating, female substance abusers are vulnerable to chemical relapse and continued out of control eating. This paper describes an eating disorder treatment program for drug-dependent females during the inpatient phase of chemical dependency treatment. The interrelationship and need to treat both addiction and eating disorder at the beginning of early sobriety is emphasized.