Welcome to the Kartini Clinic for Disordered Eating
Help - Healing - Hope - Growth
Our Mission
Kartini Clinic was established in June of 1998, to serve the children and adolescents (ages 6 - 21) of the Pacific Northwest who suffer from eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge eating disorders, as well as those whose disordered eating contributes to obesity or wasting conditions. Today we serve children from all over the country, including Alaska, Hawaii and overseas. Please visit our Staff page for an introduction to our staff and their credentials.
Our Treatment Philosophy
At Kartini Clinic we take a biopsychosocial approach to the eating disorders of children and young adults, with a strong medical component and emphasis on prompt, adequate weight restoration as a prerequisite to normal growth and development. We work closely with other pediatric sub-specialists to provide up-to-date care for these conditions, and require our patients to have a primary care doctor with whom we will work closely to assure continuity of care.
Eating disorders are complex diseases of unknown etiology. New research in the realm of neurobiology and genetics has taught us that anorexia and bulimia are inherited conditions steered by powerful but poorly understood brain chemistry. Understanding the medical nature of eating disorders helps patients and their families to understand that parents do not cause this disease nor do children choose to have it. At the Kartini Clinic we work together as a multidisciplinary team to diagnose and control whatever environmental risk factors may precipitate or worsen an eating disorder; by using evidence- based medicine to achieve medical stabilization, combined with family, group, and individual therapy, where needed, we help our patients achieve lasting remission and personal healing.
For more information please call us and ask for our intake coordinator.
Contact Us
2800 N Vancouver, Suite 118
Portland, Oregon 97227
Mon - Fri 9:00am- 4:00pm
Tel: (503) 249-8851
Fax: (503) 282-3409
Email: help@kartiniclinic.com
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