Adolescent care, close to home
Adolescence is an important time for your child’s physical and emotional development. Doctors at Dell Children’s Medical Group Adolescent Medicine in Austin, Texas, provide care for youth up to age 19 years old who are seeking treatment and support for eating disorders.
Conditions we treat:
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anorexia nervosa atypical
- Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)
- Binge eating
- Bulimia
- Relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S)
- Restrictive disorder
- Other specified eating disorders
Adolescent medicine’s integrated behavioral and medical health team treat and manage eating disorders. Every appointment starts with a compassionate weight neutral team approach that may include medical providers, psychologists, social workers, dietitians, nurses and other care team members. We provide speciality care and coordinate with your primary care doctor. In some cases, we may refer your child for more advanced care. For more information, or to schedule an appointment, patients and providers should call 512-324-6534.
The adolescent medicine clinic is a member of the Central Texas Eating Disorder Specialists and has completed and obtained the Gold Standard level of care from the University of Michigan’s Adolescent Health Initiative. The clinic also provides eating disorder training to community-based providers. Please call to learn more.
Connected to specialty care at Dell Children’s Medical Group Adolescent Medicine
If your child needs advanced care, you are connected to a network of pediatric specialists at Dell Children’s Medical Group Adolescent Medicine. Your child’s doctor can refer your child and family to the right specialists. And at Dell Children’s Medical Group Adolescent Medicine, all your child’s doctors and specialists work together as one team, dedicated to your child’s care.