Memphis and the Mid-South are set to lose the only inpatient treatment facility dedicated to eating disorders as Fairhaven Treatment Center prepares to close its doors. Employees of the facility were informed of the parent company’s decision to close the facility in a virtual meeting earlier this year.
Employees at Fairhaven, which opened in 2014, were told the facility is expected to close its doors on March 8.
Within the Memphis metro area, other mental health facilities will treat and see patients with eating disorders; but, Fairhaven is the only facility with programming exclusively tailored for treating eating disorders.
Eating disorders remain one of the deadliest mental health disorders in the U.S., with an estimated one person succumbing to the health complications of disordered eating every 52 minutes, according to the Eating Disorder Coalition, an advocacy organization that works with elected federal officials to increase funding and research for the diseases.
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