or because the treatment was too uncomfortable. Hospitalization techniques must be modified by creating more personalized treatment. A clinic, which represents this kind of treatment, is the Montreax Clinic. It was opened in 1988 by Peggy Claude-Pierre author of highly revered book The Secret Language of Eating Disorders. In 1988 it began its outpatient practice specializing in eating disorders. The Montreax Clinic started its residential inpatient program in 1993. Mrs. Claude-Pierre has developed methods, which are friendly and powerful. She has had personal experience with her two formerly anorexic daughters and has helped both of them, one after another to recover. She found that there are five stages to recovery, she refers to it as the Montreax Life Wellness Scale. In has all the stages she listed and described what has been the most successful approach to eating disorders to date. The first, the Acute Stage is Infancy, this is the stage of total dependency. The second, the Emergent Stage, is equivalent to the development of a young child. It is one of investigativeness and limit testing. The third stage, The Reality Stage, is the adolescent phase of treatment. It is a time when the pendulum swings from dependency to a false courage and the new identity begins to coalesce. During this stage, the patient moves into partial care. The fourth, the Interactive Stage, is equivalent to young adulthood, the beginning of maturity and objectivity. It is a time of moderation. She becomes an outpatient. In the fifth and final stage, the Environmental Integration Stage, the patient returns to her home environment but makes three to four assessment return trips within twelve months and has a five-year follow-up. These assessments determine the patient's ability to reintegrate and adapt to adult life. Using this method has been found to be extremely successful and unique. Recently though the Montreax Clinic has co...
