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The Center for Discovery

 

Adolescent Eating Disorder, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Residential Treatment Programs

Center for Discovery offers three distinct treatment options:

Center for Discovery also offers FREE support groups:

At CFD, we believe that just as eating disorders, substance abuse, and mental health disorders require specialized individualized treatment, so do adolescents. Since 1997, CFD has been committed to helping young people and their families achieve long-term recovery. Discovery programs were designed to be intensive interventions that include the family as part of the treatment process thus allowing the adolescent to return home quickly with optimal results.

Residential treatment at CFD occurs in well structured, closely supervised, nurturing treatment environments and provided by licensed and highly specialized psychiatrists, physicians, therapists, dieticians, and counselors. Our staff is committed to the highest level of care for your adolescent. Our homes are warm and spacious settings providing a restful place for residents to begin recovery. At Discovery we provide individualized treatment aimed at effecting emotional, behavioral, social, and spiritual growth for residents and their families. CFD offers residential, and partial care when indicated. (RTC/PHP)

If you are facing a crisis that is affecting your child and the integrity of your entire family system, you can take comfort in the fact that CFD is considered a leader in the field of adolescent residential treatment. Discovery’s Adolescent Eating Disorder program is one of the only programs in the country that includes the treatment of adolescent boys. CFD’s Dual Diagnosis; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Programs offer gender specific as well as co-ed treatment options allowing us to provide special care to adolescents who may suffer from severe trauma.

Center for Discovery is JCAHO accredited (Joint Commission of Accreditation of Hospitals Organization) and is state licensed. Joint Commission accreditation and certification is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to high treatment and performance standards. CFD state licensed treatment facilities are located in Downey, La Habra Heights, Lakewood, Long Beach, Menlo Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, and Whittier, California as well as Edmonds, Washington.

The Center for Discovery Eating Disorders Program

Eating Disorder Program

Center for Discovery's Eating Disorder program is the first comprehensive residential treatment program in California dedicated solely to the treatment of adolescent males and females (ages 10 - 19 years old). Our individualized and intensive treatment experience, under twenty-four hour supervision, is particularly effective in identifying and addressing the destructive behaviors and underlying emotional issues of anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and other complex disordered eating. Discovery utilizes highly skilled and specialized healthcare professionals and we work within a multi-disciplinary treatment team. Each member of our team demonstrates a deep commitment to the healing and well-being of the teen and their families. We have a low resident to staff ratio, which allows our residents to experience a very individualized and intensive treatment program. Our campuses are located in nurturing home-like settings in Downey, Lakewood, Menlo Park, and Whittier, CA and Edmonds, WA.

The Center for Discovery Dual Diagnosis, Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Programs

Eating Disorder Program

The CFD Dual Diagnosis, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Programs were developed to help adolescent males and females (ages 12 - 17 years old) who struggle with alcohol and drug addiction, depression, anxiety disorders, abuse, grief, sexual acting out, failing at school, emotional and behavioral issues and other self-injurious behaviors.

The goal is to therapeutically intervene in behavioral and relational patterns thereby creating an opportunity for dramatic and enduring change for both the teen and his or her family. After each resident is carefully assessed, a comprehensive treatment plan is designed. Each treatment plan targets the resident's specific needs and guides the treatment experience from admission through discharge and continuing care.

CFD’s Dual Diagnosis and Substance Abuse treatment is grounded in the 12 Step philosophies. Our residents interact with their counselors daily, and begin their step work while in treatment. They are immediately integrated into Alcoholics Anonymous, Young People’s AA, and Narcotics Anonymous, both on and off campus, as well as our Discovery in Recovery 12 Step program. Each resident meets with our Alumni Coordinator while in treatment to build an individualized 12 step support plan to bridge the gap between their residential experience, and the realities of continuing recovery once they are home.

Admissions to Center for Discovery

Admissions

We understand that seeking residential treatment is a difficult decision for your family. If your family is in crisis please call our admission office today. We are here to help you!

Call us at 1-800-760-3934.

Our goal is to make the admission process to our center uncomplicated yet thorough. There are several important steps to that process:

Free initial consultation by telephone.

It is extremely important that we establish prior to admission that your child is appropriate for our facility and our treatment experience, or if he/she requires a higher level of care such as a medical or psychiatric hospital. This consultation is completed in a relatively short time and is performed by one of our intake coordiantors.

Insurance verification/financial arrangements.

CFD accepts insurance and is contracted with most major insurance companies. Our intake team will provide you with a complimentary insurance benefits check, guide you through the admissions process, and provide you with any additional resources you may require. In the event, we are not contracted with your insurance company we may be able to obtain a single case agreement, and we will make every effort to obtain this for you.

The Center for Discovery is committed to providing the highest standard of care while minimizing fees as much as possible.

Assistance with accommodation and travel information.

Should you need to travel a long distance to our centers, we are glad to assist. There are three airports local to the facilities as well as fine hotel accommodations with easy access

Admission Information

Patients are referred to Discovery by their families, concerned friends, medical doctors, therapists, registered dieticians, psychiatrists, school counselors, other medical facilities, behavioral and academic therapeutic boarding schools, and other treatment programs for several reasons:

  • History of excellence in treatment of adolescents with eating disorders
  • Specialization in the treatment of adolescent dual diagnosis; substance abuse and mental health
  • Professional staff of Medical Doctors, Psychiatrists, Licensed Clinicians, Registered Dieticians, Counselors, Nurses, Art Therapist, and Educational Counselors
  • JCAHO Accreditations since 1997 and properly licensed in CA and WA
  • Accepts insurance, and contracted with most major insurance companies
  • Intake works hard to obtain single case agreements with smaller insurance companies
  • Our campuses are nurturing home-like settings
  • Discovery in Recovery free support groups available before, during and after treatment

Medical professionals refer adolescents to Center for Discovery when their clients are not successful on an outpatient basis. These teens are in need of a higher level of care. There are also times when hospitals refer to Discovery as a step-down program for longer term residential treatment. We understand this process and have strict clinical criteria before admitting to our program. We also understand that not all teens are in need of residential treatment. That is why our admissions office has an extensive list of resources at all levels of care suitable for most circumstances.

Please call Center for Discovery Admissions today at .