Eating Disorder Psychiatric Care
A Collaborative Team Approach
Eating disorders require a deeply compassionate, highly coordinated approach that addresses both mind and body. Dr. Mallare provides trauma-informed psychiatric care as one part of your recovery team — never in isolation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What’s the psychiatric nurse practitioner’s role in eating disorder recovery?
Dr. Mallare focuses on the emotional and brain-based side of recovery. Eating disorders often occur alongside anxiety, depression, OCD, or trauma, and treating these at the same time makes lasting recovery more likely. Medication can also ease the intensity of intrusive thoughts about food, body image, and weight.
How is care coordinated with the rest of my team?
Dr. Mallare prioritizes ongoing collaboration with your primary care physician, medical specialists, dietitian, and therapist — monitoring psychiatric safety and medication efficacy while your medical team handles vitals and labs.
What happens during a virtual evaluation?
A safe, nonjudgmental review of your medical history, previous treatment experience, and daily challenges — without focusing strictly on physical metrics. Together, you set realistic expectations for care.
How We Build Your Treatment Plan
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1. Team check-in first
Confirming who’s already on your care team (therapist, dietitian, PCP); if you’re not yet connected with one, this is arranged before or alongside starting medication.
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2. Targeted evaluation
Understanding co-occurring conditions that may be fueling disordered eating, since treating those often improves the eating disorder itself.
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3. Careful medication introduction
Selected to reduce obsessive thoughts around food/body image, with safety monitoring coordinated closely with your medical team.
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4. Ongoing multidisciplinary coordination
Regular communication across your whole team so medication, therapy, and medical monitoring stay aligned rather than working in silos.
What Recovery Can Look Like
Recovery is rarely linear, and it’s a team effort — but many patients describe the mental noise around food and body image growing quieter over time, more capacity to engage in therapy work, and a gradual return of trust in their own body. This is a long-term partnership, not a quick fix, and that’s expected.
