Open House at ACED Feb. 8-9 provides a sneak peek at the program
Jan 10th, 2009 by admin
Immediate Release
Contact:
Leigh Bell, ACED Communications Director
Cell: (205) 304-4640
l.bell@acenterforeatingdisorders.com
www.acenterforeatingdisorders.com
A Center for Eating Disorders (ACED) holds Open House Feb. 8-9. Community gets a sneak peek before opening day on February 23.
It’s an exclusive opportunity to preview the center, ask questions about the program’s community-based collaborative treatment model, and learn about the center’s philosophy and programming.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A Center for Eating Disorders, formerly known as the Alabama Center for Eating Disorders, and its expert treatment team welcome colleagues, friends and family to drop by the Open House from 1-6 p.m. Sunday, February 8 and 5-8:30 p.m. Monday, February 9.
The center is a bright, inviting home in a neighborhood near the Homewood and Southside enclaves.
ACED staff and team of community consultants will be there to answer any questions about their personal roles in the program. ACED is a collaborative effort between its core staff — therapists, physicians, psychologists, a dietitian and yoga instructor – and fellow community professionals to provide the most comprehensive outpatient treatment in the state.
About Founder and Executive Director Renée Miller
● Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and trained in art therapy.
● Adjunct professor in the Psychology Department of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
● Founder of first residential treatment center for eating disorders in Alabama.
● Has worked with eating disorders for 12 years in various settings.
About ACED
● Founded on the belief that full recovery from an eating disorder is possible.
● Most comprehensive outpatient program in Alabama.
● Staff has more than 75 years combined experience treating eating disorders and partners with community therapists, consultants and physicians who offer specialized services.
● Structured on the recognition that community fosters recovery.
● Operates six full days a week, with evening groups.
● Offers additional outpatient services, such as assessments, nutritional management, and individual, group and family therapy.
● Equally effective as residential treatment, but one-half to one-third the cost of that treatment option, which charges cost upwards of $2,000 per day.
Eating disorder statistics
● At least 10 million females and 1 million males have an eating disorder.
● Millions more have binge-eating disorders.
● More than 45,000 people die of eating disorders each year in America.
● Eating disorders are the most fatal psychiatric illness.
– National Eating Disorders Association
