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Eating disorder patients say punitive, threatening methods at Denver treatment center left them with new trauma

Eating Recovery Center defends its practices; experts say there’s tension with treating deadly mental illnesses

Lizzy Earhart sits in her apartment in Denver on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Earhart says being treated for anorexia at an Eating Recovery Center facility left her with additional trauma. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Lizzy Earhart sits in her apartment in Denver on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Earhart says being treated for anorexia at an Eating Recovery Center facility left her with additional trauma. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - MARCH 7: Meg Wingerter - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)Denver Post reporter Seth Klamann in Commerce City, Colorado on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
By | mwingerter@denverpost.com | The Denver Post and | sklamann@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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"It definitely shifted my focus from wanting to get better so I can live my life to, 'I want to get better so I can get out of here, so I don't get the (feeding) tube, so I can go outside,'" one former patient told The Denver Post.
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