Details of New York State's Northeast Center of Excellence for Treatment of Eating Disorders Revealed
December 08 2005 - 5:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Details of the new Northeast
Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders (NECCCED) were
revealed today at a NECCCED and PacifiCare Behavioral Health (PBH)
co-sponsored continuing education conference on the treatment of
eating disorders at the Desmond Hotel in Albany. NECCCED, in
collaboration with New York State Senate Majority Leader Joseph
Bruno, is in the final stages of contracting for a grant from the
New York State Department of Health to establish the Center of
Excellence. More than 80 participants from Northeastern New York
attended the conference to receive training for treating
individuals with eating disorders and to learn more about the
Center of Excellence, anticipated to open in early 2006 in Albany.
Presenters representing the Center of Excellence included Sen.
Bruno; Sharon Alger-Mayer, M.D., NECCCED medical director; and
Robert Greenbaum, Ph.D., NECCCED executive director. Edward Jones,
Ph.D., PacifiCare Behavioral Health's vice president and chief
clinical officer, opened and moderated the event. Dr. Jones is
considered an expert in behavioral health clinical outcomes
measurement, a key component for successfully treating people with
eating disorders. "Eating disorders are devastating physical and
emotional illnesses, and unfortunately, at a national level there
are few Centers of Excellence providing state of the art care,"
said Dr. Jones. "PacifiCare Behavioral Health co-sponsored this
event with NECCCED because we want to see innovative Centers of
Excellence like this one established nationally." Sen. Bruno spoke
about what the Center of Excellence will offer people in the
region. "We all know someone who has been affected by an eating
disorder. Diseases like anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating
disorder are an epidemic in today's society, and these physically
and emotionally damaging conditions are potentially
life-threatening," said Sen. Bruno. "The Senate Majority led the
way to pass legislation to establish Comprehensive Care Centers for
Eating Disorders so that the people who are affected by these
devastating diseases can get the expert treatment that was
previously unavailable in New York State. This Center will save
lives and provide relief and hope for those who suffer from one of
these destructive diseases." The Center of Excellence will include
individual health and psychosocial services, inpatient medical
care, inpatient psychiatric care, outpatient medical and
psychiatric care, rehabilitation, residential treatment, case
management and community education. "As the first Center of its
kind in Northeastern New York State, we will be able to
dramatically improve services for people with eating disorders in
the region," said Dr. Geenbaum. "People will no longer have to
travel out of state to receive care." After the presentations on
the Center of Excellence, participants received training on the
treatment of eating disorders. The training included a presentation
from an internationally renowned eating disorders expert, David
Herzog, M.D., director of the Harvard Center for Eating Disorders.
Other eating disorder specialists also presented case studies on
the subject. According to the National Association of Anorexia
Nervosa and Associated Disorders, an estimated seven million women
and one million men suffer from eating disorders nationwide. About
the Northeast Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders Albany
Medical Center, in collaboration with Four Winds Hospital in
Saratoga Springs, and Bellevue Woman's Hospital in Niskayuna,
partnered to create the Northeast Comprehensive Care Center for
Eating Disorders (NECCCED). NECCCED was selected by the New York
State Department of Health as a Comprehensive Care Center of
Excellence for Eating Disorders as part of legislation signed into
law in 2004. Albany Medical Center consists of one of the state's
largest teaching hospitals, the Albany Medical Center Hospital, and
one of the nation's oldest private medical schools, the Albany
Medical College. Four Winds Saratoga Hospital provides a broad
range of inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment services
for children, adolescents and adults. Bellevue Woman's Hospital is
one of only two nonprofit specialty hospitals in the United States
concentrating on health services for women. About PacifiCare
Behavioral Health PacifiCare Behavioral Health, Inc. provides
mental health, chemical dependency and employee assistance services
to covered members and maintains a national network of behavioral
health care practitioners. All PacifiCare Behavioral Health service
centers hold three-year, Full Accreditation from the National
Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), as well as URAC Health
Utilization Management and Case Management Accreditation.
PacifiCare Behavioral Health is a wholly owned subsidiary of
PacifiCare Health Systems (NYSE:PHS), with clients including health
plans, union trust funds, employers, school districts and public
sector agencies. More information on PacifiCare Behavioral Health
can be obtained at http://www.pbhi.com/. CONTACT: Jill Armisto Brad
Lotterman, APR NECCCED PacifiCare Behavioral Health (518) 581-5015x
3311 (714) 445-0453 Dan Miller PacifiCare Health Systems (714)
226-3726 Behavioral Health DATASOURCE: Northeast Comprehensive Care
Center for Eating Disorders; PacifiCare CONTACT: Jill Armisto of
NECCCED, +1-518-581-5015, ext. 3311; or Brad Lotterman, APR of
PacifiCare Behavioral Health, +1-714-445-0453, ; or Dan Miller of
PacifiCare Health Systems, +1-714-226-3726, Web site:
http://www.pbhi.com/
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