title: Transitioning home: A four-stage reintegration hospital discharge program for adolescents hospitalized for eating disorders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Treatment for adolescents with eating disorders (ED) is multidimensional and extends after hospitalization. After participating in a four-step reintegration plan, treatment success including post-discharge community and social reintegration were examined from perspectives of patients, family members, and healthcare providers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six pairs of patients and parents, and seven parents without their children were interviewed 2 to 30 months following discharge.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All but two adolescents were enrolled in, or had completed school. Five worked in addition to school, and three completed army or national service. Twelve were receiving therapeutic care in the community.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adolescents with ED can benefit from a systematic reintegration program, and nurses should incorporate this into care plans.
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Sima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dror
authors.affiliation: Donald Cohen Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Jerusalem Mental Health Center, Eitanim Psychiatric Hospital.|Psychiatry Department, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Yoav
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kohn
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Mazal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Avichezer
authors.affiliation: Binyamin Regional Municipality, Israel.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sapir
authors.affiliation: Distant Learning Nursing Studies, The Medical School, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Hebrew University.|Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Canetti
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Ela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kianski
authors.affiliation: Henrietta Szold, Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Rachel Yaffa
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Zisk-Rony
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D010360:Patient Transfer; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: Adolescence; eating disorder; outcome; recovery; rehabilitation; reintegration