According to the Basque Department of Health, for minors, care is organized through specific child and adolescent mental health facilities. Euskadi has hospitalization units for severe cases, day hospitals, intensive mental health consultations, and specialized outpatient programs.
Additionally, resources such as therapeutic dining rooms are available, where the relationship with food is addressed in a supervised environment. There is close coordination with pediatric and endocrinology services to also tackle associated physical complications.
By territory, Gipuzkoa has a therapeutic dining room, a child and adolescent hospitalization unit, and intensive mental health consultations. Bizkaia offers a hospitalization unit for minors, a day hospital, specific programs, and consultations in mental health centers, while in Álava, care includes child and adolescent hospitalization, a day hospital with a therapeutic dining room, and intensive outpatient programs.
For the adult population, Osakidetza provides a consolidated care network combining hospitalization, day hospitals, specialized consultations, and outpatient programs. In Gipuzkoa, the acute hospitalization unit and therapeutic dining room are notable. Bizkaia, for its part, has specific day hospitals and hospitalization units, and Álava offers intensive outpatient programs and a day hospital with a therapeutic dining room.
“"Euskadi does not refer patients outside the community, as the system itself organizes available resources, and if necessary, centers collaborate to ensure care."
Osakidetza also promotes research and innovation in mental health. In this context, the Bizkaia Mental Health Network and the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Deusto have led the 'Rebita' project, a pioneering initiative focused on improving the approach to individuals with ED and their families. This project, funded by the La Caixa Foundation, has completed its first phase, and the next will involve developing a pilot.
