**8. Comprehensive care offered within a controlled environment**

One significant benefit of residential treatment is the comprehensive care which is being offered in a controlled environment, including medical, psychotherapy, and psychiatric supervision and treatment, medical nutrition therapy, support groups, and more. The kind of treatment provided is holistic, this can be advantageous for an individual who is in the early phases of recovery or needing constant supervision and monitoring.

Having the opportunity to establish recovery in a safe and supportive environment can be of added advantage for individual to heal and recover, particularly if their previous home condition or surroundings was not conducive to eating disorder recovery. There might be need for an individual to vacate temporarily from their environment or everyday demands in order to prioritize their healing and focus more on their recovery efforts.
