Thank you for considering Thrive Wellness as a trusted partner in providing your patient with a higher level of care.

We genuinely value our clinical community and believe that together we can empower those in our care to reach recovery, reclaim their lives, and achieve optimal health. 

Our admissions process is thoughtfully designed with this in mind and therefore is a collaborative engagement between referring providers, the Thrive team, patients, and their loved ones. We recognize that your insight and involvement are invaluable in paving a successful path to healing. Information exchange and comprehensive assessment are essential elements of the admissions process, which help paint a panoramic picture of the patient’s experience and curate individualized treatment plans for whole-person healing and lasting recovery.

When to make a referral

If a patient of yours is experiencing or exhibiting any of the following symptoms, we encourage you to reach out to Thrive Wellness to explore our higher level of care programs.

Common Symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa

• Weight at or below 85% of ideal for age, height, and build
• A significant or dramatic decrease in the standard growth chart curve for weight, height, and build
• Obsessive or excessive exercise
• Sudden or intense preoccupation with “healthy” or restrictive eating, dieting, vegetarianism, veganism
• Fatigue, cold intolerance, dizziness, and/or hair loss or thinning
• Abnormal or absent menses
• Bradycardia and/or orthostasis
• Cycles of binging and purging while remaining underweight
  

*Important note: patients with anorexia nervosa will often present with normal vitals and labs.

Common Symptoms of Bulimia Nervosa

• Binging and/or purging more than once per week
• Engaging in compensatory behaviors to prevent weight gain, which can include self-induced vomiting, fasting, chewing and spitting of food, exercise, use of diet pills, abuse of laxatives or diuretics, and misuse of insulin
• Low normal to abnormal labs, which can include electrolyte abnormalities
• Bradycardia and/or orthostasis

*Important note: patients with bulimia nervosa often deny physical symptoms and are of average or above-average weight.


Common Symptoms of Binge Eating Disorder (BED)

BED is characterized by binging at least once a week for three months in combination with feelings of distress and lack of control, as well as three or more of the following behaviors:

• Eating large quantities of food, even if not hungry 
• Eating more rapidly than usual
• Feeling uncomfortably full after eating
• Eating secretively due to feelings of embarrassment
• Experiencing shame, disgust, or guilt after or between binges

Additional Concerns to Consider

• The patient is not progressing as anticipated despite outpatient therapy
• The individual requires supervision, structure, and support to gain weight or discontinue eating disorder behaviors