Center for Discovery — Fairfield, CT
Residential · Adults 18+ · Women and nonbinary
Connecticut
Eating disorder treatment in Connecticut
An estimated 314,495 Connecticuters will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime, and the state's specialty treatment is concentrated almost entirely in Fairfield County, in the southwest corner near New York City. Care ranges from pediatric hospital-based inpatient medical stabilization through residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, outpatient, and virtual programs.(source)
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Medical stabilizationMedical management of malnutrition, refeeding, comorbidities.Inpatient hospitalizationAcute hospital care for medical instability and psychiatric crisis.Residential treatmentLive-in care with 24/7 clinical and nursing support, in a non-hospital setting.Partial hospitalization (PHP)Day treatment, structured clinical hours.Intensive outpatient (IOP)Several days per week, returning to work or family.OutpatientWeekly therapy and medical visits.Virtual / telehealth treatmentRemote care, from outpatient therapy to full virtual IOP and PHP.
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Fairfield
Center for Discovery — Wellington (Fairfield, CT)
Residential · Young adults 18-26 · Women and nonbinary
Greenwich
Center for Discovery — Greenwich, CT
Partial (PHP), IOP, Outpatient, Virtual / telehealth · Ages 10+ · All genders
Backcountry Wellness — Greenwich, CT
Residential, Partial (PHP), IOP, Outpatient · Adolescents and young adults
Middletown
Monte Nido & Walden — Middletown, CT
Partial (PHP), IOP, Virtual / telehealth · Adolescents and adults · All genders
New Haven
Yale New Haven Children's Hospital Eating Disorders Program — New Haven, CT
Medical stabilization, Inpatient · Children and adolescents
Southport
Center for Discovery — Southport, CT
Residential, Partial (PHP), Virtual / telehealth · Adolescents (10-17) · All genders
Westport
Lift Wellness Group — Westport, CT
Partial (PHP), IOP, Outpatient · Adolescents and adults
About eating disorder treatment in Connecticut
Most of these programs are in Fairfield County. Center for Discovery operates residential, day-treatment, and outpatient care across Fairfield, Southport, and Greenwich. Backcountry Wellness in Greenwich and Lift Wellness Group in Westport add day-treatment and outpatient options, and Monte Nido & Walden runs day treatment in Middletown. Yale New Haven Children's Hospital in New Haven provides pediatric inpatient medical stabilization. Hartford, Waterbury, New London, Norwich, and the rural northeast lack in-person higher-level programs, so reaching a partial hospitalization or residential bed there usually means traveling to a program elsewhere in the state. Connecticut also has no freestanding adult inpatient eating disorder unit.
Paying for treatment in Connecticut
Most commercial health plans in Connecticut cover eating disorder treatment as a mental health benefit, subject to your plan's usual deductible, copays, and prior-authorization requirements for higher levels of care. In-network coverage depends on whether your specific plan contracts with the program you are considering.(source)
HUSKY Health covers eating disorder treatment as a mental health benefit, with prior authorization and medical-necessity review for higher levels of care. Connecticut's specialty residential and day-treatment programs are mostly commercial-insurance practices, so HUSKY acceptance varies by site and level of care. A program will tell you whether they accept your HUSKY plan at the level you need. Children may also qualify through HUSKY B.(source)
Connecticut requires health plans to cover diagnosis and treatment of every mental disorder defined in the DSM, including eating disorders, on the same basis as physical conditions. A state law added annual parity-compliance reporting.(source)
To start a benefits verification, call to be connected with a licensed eating disorder program.
See also: our insurance guides, how to verify your benefits, and how virtual eating disorder treatment works.
Common questions about eating disorder treatment in Connecticut
Where can I get residential eating disorder treatment in Connecticut?
Connecticut's residential eating disorder programs are in Fairfield County, run by Center for Discovery (adult and young-adult residential in Fairfield, adolescent residential in Southport). The state no longer has a freestanding adult inpatient eating disorder unit, so adults needing inpatient medical stabilization are usually treated in a general hospital or travel out of state. Yale New Haven Children's Hospital admits children and adolescents for medical stabilization. The directory above lists residential, day-treatment, and outpatient options.
Does HUSKY Health (Connecticut Medicaid) cover eating disorder treatment?
Yes. HUSKY covers eating disorder treatment, and whether a specific in-state program is covered at a given level depends on whether that program participates with HUSKY for that level. When you call a program, they will check your HUSKY plan and tell you which levels of care they can provide.
What about eating disorder treatment in the Hartford area, eastern Connecticut, or the northeast corner?
Most of Connecticut's in-person specialty programs are in Fairfield County (Center for Discovery, Backcountry Wellness, Lift Wellness Group), with day treatment in Middletown (Monte Nido & Walden) and pediatric hospital care at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital. The Hartford area, New London, Norwich, and the rural northeast corner have fewer in-person options. For families there, virtual programming usually covers outpatient and intensive outpatient care, and reaching residential or partial hospitalization means traveling to a program elsewhere.
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