Crisis on campus: Eating disorder intervention from a developmental-ecological perspective

OBJECTIVE

The purpose of this article is to review a crisis intervention using the developmental-ecological protocol (Collins and Collins, 2005) with a college student presenting with symptomatology of an active eating disorder.

PARTICIPANTS

Participants included University Wellness Center employees responding to the crisis.

METHODS

Methods include an informal review of the crisis intervention response and application of the ABCDE developmental-ecological crisis model.

RESULTS

Results reported include insight into crisis intervention when university counseling and health center is not available as resources.

CONCLUSIONS

ABCDE Developmental-ecological model recommendations for university faculty and staff are included.