A referral line
Levels of care
Care for an eating disorder comes in steps. Fallow offers the first. If you need another, we say so and help you reach it.
- Here
Step 1: Outpatient
Sessions at an office or by video, between which you live your life. This is Fallow.
Therapy with Regina
Nutrition counseling with Eugene
- We refer
Step 2: Intensive outpatient
Several hours of group and individual care, several days a week, at a program.
- We refer
Step 3: Partial hospitalization
A full day of care at a program, then home to sleep.
- We refer
Step 4: Residential treatment
Living at a program, with meals and care around the clock.
- Your doctor decides
Step 5: Inpatient hospital care
Medical stabilization in a hospital when your body needs it.
Signs to talk about
When to talk about a different level
No one sign decides it. If any of these is true, say so at your next session, or call us before then.
Eating or drinking has become very hard to keep up
Your doctor is worried about your body
You have slipped back and weekly sessions are not holding
You are afraid of what you might do
How we refer you
- 01
We talk it through with you
Regina and Eugene explain what they see and why, and listen to what you want.
- 02
We speak to your doctor
With your written permission, we share what your doctor needs to decide on a higher level.
- 03
We help you reach a program
We give you names of programs in Georgia and beyond, and we stay in touch while you wait for a place.
Questions about higher levels of care
Does needing more mean I have failed?
No. A different level is a different tool. Many people move between levels more than once.
Will I come back to Fallow afterward?
If you want to, and if we have a place. We can see you again once you step down.
Who decides?
You do, with your team and your doctor. Where your body is in danger, your doctor's judgment comes first.