Kartini Clinic practices only family-centered treatment. Recent clinical trials have shown this to be more effective than other forms of treatment for children and young adults. We are not a psychiatric hospital program. We use only a pediatric medical ward for hospital admission. We don't believe children with a medical condition such as anorexia nervosa should be treated alongside substance abuse or dangerous behavioral.
Kartini Clinic was founded in 1998 by Dr. Julie O'Toole MD MPH, at the time a general practice pediatrician in Portland.
Kartini Clinic was founded in 1998 by Dr. Julie O'Toole MD MPH, at the time a general practice pediatrician in Portland.
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Eating Disorder Treatment
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At Kartini Clinic we do aspire to be different. It begins with your very first phone call to us. We work very hard to answer each and every call with a real live, caring human being. You won't get an answering machine or phone queue because we know that every call to us is vitally important. We understand the urgency you feel when it comes to your child's health.
Anorexia Nervosa
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Anorexia Nervosa is a medical illness and one of the most deadly eating disorders in children. There are two distinct sub-types of anorexia: restricting AN and purging AN. A proper diagnosis is essential to ensure your child gets the appropriate treatment for their specific symptoms and eating disorder behaviors.
Causes and Triggers: Anorexia
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Anorexia nervosa is a malignant brain disorder with a high mortality rate. And recent clinical studies utilizing identical twins have estimated that anorexia has a heritability rate between 56% and 70%. By comparison, the heritability of height is 90%. In other words, a person's genetic inheritance is largely responsible for a biological vulnerability to anorexia (height being almost exclusively based on person's genetics).
Treatment: Anorexia
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Treatment for anorexia nervosa should always include proper medical care and supervision. Because of the intensive nature of evidence-based eating disorder treatment, medical supervision should not be attempted in a primary care setting i.e. If your child is seeing a primary care physician or pediatrician or is in a treatment program and not gaining weight within two weeks of admission, you should strongly consider another program. Weight gain is the essential foundation of recovery, especially in children.
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