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Eating Disorders Program Mental Health Day integrated with cognitive-behavioural
The NSHA Eating Disorder Program Treatment components to target the multiple
is made up of of an intensive The Mental Health Day Treatment domains affected in mental illness.
outpatient program that involves Program is a partial hospitalization Read more about the Mental Health
a number of outpatient groups program located at the Abbie J Lane Day Treatment Program on page 71.
which support a variety of concerns Building at the QEII Health Sciences
associated with eating disorders. site in Halifax. The program services Mood Disorders Program
These groups include meal patients’ province-wide with complex The Mood Disorders Program is a
experiences, learning healthy coping trauma - a history of relationship/ specialty program for people with
skills and addressing and processing trauma and psychiatric comorbidity. primary mood disorders, namely
issues and emotions related to the The program is designed for patients major depression and bipolar
development of the eating disorder. who are able to tolerate intensive disorder.
There is also an inpatient program self and behavioural exploration.
that may be required for a limited It is an intensive group based six- It provides consultations to other
number of patients. They support week program and targets not just physicians (mainly psychiatrists),
patients from across Nova Scotia, social skill development, but deep and follows a proportion of patients
and Atlantic Provinces. During the interpersonal and personal change. longitudinally. The follow-up is either
last year development of provincial The program teaches patients to on a time limited basis (shared-care
eating disorders guidelines for the access, clarify and transform negative model) or open ended for those at
Nova Scotia Eating Disorder Network emotions and maladaptive thinking risk of relapse or other complications.
too place. To read more about the to enhance self-understanding/ The program’s clinical work and
work being done by the eating acceptance and relationships with research focus strongly on working
disorders team please see page 58 others. Therapy is primarily dynamic- with not only patients, but also their
and meet the clinical leader of the relational and emotion-focused; families. Expert cognitive behavioural
service, Dr. Aaron Keshen. therapy is also available to patients.
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