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From Hospital to Home: The Family’s Role in Recovery For High-Acuity Youth with Eating Disorders

Angela Celio Doyle, PhD, FAED
Meera Beharry, MD, FAAP, FSAHM
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Description

The transition home from inpatient care is a critical time for youth with eating disorders. Many still present with high-acuity needs, and families and support systems may feel unprepared to manage recovery outside structured treatment settings. Through clinical insights and case examples, this session will share practical strategies for engaging families (and navigating situations where family support is limited) to strengthen recovery at home. Finally, we will discuss the pathway to sustained recovery by comparing virtual options to traditional brick-and-mortar settings.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Identify the challenges eating disorder patients and families face when transitioning from the hospital to the home environment.

  • Name three key considerations that families - of all configurations - need to support a high acuity patient’s transition home.

  • Compare at-home recovery options with traditional brick-and-mortar treatment settings for patients transitioning from hospital care.

Educational Goal

This session will prepare attendees to identify the challenges eating disorder patients and families face when transitioning from the hospital to the home environment, understand the considerations that families need to support a high acuity patient’s transition home, and compare at-home recovery options with traditional brick-and-mortar treatment settings for patients transitioning from hospital care.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Dietitian
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Nurse
  • Nutritionist
  • Physician
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Angela Celio Doyle, PhD, FAED
Angela Celio Doyle, PhD, FAED is a clinical psychologist, researcher, and leader in the field of eating disorders, with over 25 years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and their families. She currently serves as Vice President of Clinical Affairs at Equip, where she leads clinical strategy and ensures the delivery of high-quality, coordinated, evidence-based care. Dr. Celio Doyle is deeply committed to improving access to effective, evidence-based treatment for eating disorders and has trained clinicians around the world in Family-Based Treatment (FBT). She is particularly passionate about early intervention and has seen firsthand how empowering caregivers can transform recovery outcomes for young people. In addition to her clinical leadership, she is an active researcher focused on digital prevention and scalable models of care, and has more than 80 peer-reviewed published articles and presentations in the field. Dr. Celio Doyle earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the San Diego State University/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago. She holds an adjunct faculty appointment in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington.
Meera Beharry, MD, FAAP, FSAHM
Meera Beharry, MD, FAAP, FSAHM is board certified pediatric trained Adolescent Medicine specialist. She has over 20 years of experience working with children and young adults in a variety of settings. She completed medical school in New York City at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn before heading out to California to complete her Adolescent Medicine fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. After fellowship, she joined the faculty at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Preferring warmer climates, in 2012, she moved to Texas with the goal of reviving the Adolescent Medicine Section at McLane Children’s Medical Center of Baylor Scott and White. During her 9 years as Adolescent Medicine Section Chief, Dr. Beharry developed clinical services for adolescents and young adults experiencing anxiety, depression, reproductive health concerns, eating disorders, problems coping with chronic medical problems (diabetes, childhood cancer, autoimmune disorders, etc.). In August 2021, Dr. Beharry started working as a physician with Equip Health in addition to other projects. She enjoys working with her teammates at Equip to improve access to evidence based eating disorder treatment and help patients work toward recovery. In May of 2025, she moved into the role of Adolescent Medicine Advisor. Dr. Beharry is a respected educator who is part of the faculty at Texas A&M College of Medicine and at the CUNY School of Medicine. She has co-authored book chapters and several publications. Dr. Beharry has served in various professional leadership roles. She is currently serving as the Treasurer for the International Association for Adolescent Health.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Equip