Data shows our clients get well and stay well
With over a decade of comprehensive research, we continually assess treatment outcomes across our programs with approval from an institutional review board. As a company, we research and analyze data collected at key treatment time points so we can remain confident that we’re providing the most effective and evidence-based treatment for our clients.
Why Monte Nido?
of adults restored weight when needed
by discharge from residential clients
of adults show significant improvements in eating disorders at discharge; 81% 6 months post-discharge
Residential clients with a score of 15 on PHQ-9 or lower
of clients described their overall program experience as good to excellent
Clients at discharge of all programs
Across Monte Nido brands, primary therapists were rated on average 4.4 stars on a scale 1-5
Clients at discharge from all programs
Our clients maintain treatment gains 6-months post-discharge
significantly improved reduced ED symptoms
significantly improved reduced depression symptoms
significantly improved reduced anxiety symptoms
Comprehensive reports
Our comprehensive research study assesses treatment outcomes in our residential, partial hospitalization program (PHP), and intensive outpatient program (IOP) levels of care. Results indicate that our clients experience clinically and statistically significant reductions in eating disorder, depression, and anxiety symptoms from admission to discharge.
Spotlight studies
Trauma-informed treatment is essential for effective care
Traumatic events and post-traumatic stress disorder are strongly associated with eating disorders. Our research shows that treating these disorders, even have higher levels of care, alongside eating disorder treatment leads to better outcomes.
Affirming and inclusive care matters
36% of our clients identify as LGBTQIA+. Providing this community with affirming and inclusive care results in better health outcomes. Our study shows that our trauma-informed treatment approach, which addresses the specific needs of LGBTQIA+ individuals, supports recovery.
More published Monte Nido research
Eating disorder onset during childhood is associated with higher trauma dose, provisional PTSD, and severity of illness in residential treatment
Our research allows us to better understand our clients and meet their needs
High response rate of 12,000+ clients
We gain consent from all participating clients. Currently our research is gathered from our Monte Nido and Monte Nido Clementine programs, unless otherwise indicated. Response rates are for Monte Nido residential programs only.
Monte Nido research leaders
Dr. Molly Perlman is Chief Medical Officer for Monte Nido, overseeing psychiatric and medical care for all programs. She is double board certified in psychiatry and addiction medicine, graduated from Duke University and the University of Miami, and has trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. During residency in psychiatry, Dr. Perlman served as Chief Resident and was awarded the Laughlin Fellowship, which is bestowed annually on 12 elite residents for outstanding leadership and significant achievements in psychiatry.
Dr. Perlman is on the Board of Directors of the Eating Disorders Coalition, served as Vice President of the Board from 2018 through 2022, and advocates on Capitol Hill regularly for increasing eating disorder education and access to treatment. She is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society. Dr. Perlman serves as Assistant Professor at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Coalition Representing Eating Disorder Care (REDC), co-chair of the REDC Standards Committee, and is a member of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp) Credentialing Committee. Additionally, she oversees MN’s IRB-approved research study on clinical outcomes as Co-Principal Investigator and has co-authored several papers in peer-reviewed research journals on PTSD and eating disorders.
Giulia Suro, Ph.D., CEDS is the Director of Research and Clinical Outcomes for Monte Nido directing the day-to-day operations of a nationwide, IRB-approved research program in capturing the treatment outcomes of individuals diagnosed with a range of eating disorder diagnoses across all levels of care.
As a member of the broader research program, she helps translate this data to meaningful findings that may inform treatment and improve the field of eating disorders. Prior to this position, she served as a Postdoctoral Resident, Primary Therapist, and Clinical Director at the Oliver-Pyatt Centers. She is also a passionate student and practitioner of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
In 2019, she published an ACT workbook titled “Learning to Thrive,” which was the first ACT text of its kind written for a general audience.
Dr. Rebecka Peebles is the Vice President of Adolescent Medicine at Monte Nido. She joined after 13 years at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania, where she was an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, specializing in adolescent and young adult medicine.
Dr. Peebles is board-certified in pediatrics and further specialty certified in adolescent and young adult medicine, and served as the Director of Medical Research and Quality Innovations in the Eating Disorder Assessment and Treatment Program at CHOP, which she co-founded in 2011. Her research has been funded by the NIH and the American Heart Association and has focused on medical evaluation, bone health, and biobehavioral links in youth with eating disorders.
She graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine with her MD in 1996, completed her pediatrics residency at the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital in Ohio in 1999, and her adolescent medicine fellowship at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford in 2003.
Ismael Gavidia, MSc is the Clinical Outcomes & Research Manager for Monte Nido responsible for the data collection of the IRB-approved research program for the treatment outcomes of individuals across all levels of care and eating disorders diagnoses nationwide.
Ismael conducts statistical analysis to interpret the data into findings that provide feedback to clinical treatment, which are contributing to the advancement of the eating disorders field.
He has worked as a biostatistician for more than 20 years in the psychological, medical, and social work fields, and holds degrees from Universidad Simon Bolivar in Venezuela.
Timothy D. Brewerton, MD, DLFAPA, FAED, DFAACAP, CEDS-S is an Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC, and Senior Research Advisor for Monte Nido. He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Eating Disorders and a former president of the Eating Disorders Research Society.
He has authored over 180 articles and book chapters, has edited two books, and has presented over 250 scientific presentations at national and international conferences. Dr. Brewerton is also Executive Producer of a documentary about child maltreatment, eating disorders, and dissociative identity disorders. Dr. Brewerton has been instrumental in exploring the overlaps between trauma, PTSD, and eating disorders, and promoting integrated treatment approaches for eating and related comorbid disorders.
His research profile can be viewed here, where any of his publications can be downloaded or requested.