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Abstract
Adolescents hospitalized for mental illnesses have been participating in a program of therapy which was designed to compensate for their functional disabilities by a suitable therapeutic milieu. The program, implemented once a week at Geha Psychiatric Hospital, is termed Home Economics Day. It revolves around the preparation and consumption of food as a means for promoting the acquisition of habits and skills required in daily living, in a setting of interpersonal relationships. Home Economics Day consists of a sequence of six phases, including the meal shared by patients and staff. All patients participating have shown improvements in motoraction skills (cuttmg vegetables, eating, etc.), in their familiarity with .kitchen tools and terms, and in the speed of performing any given task. Improvements in task-procedure skills varied, in accordance with the level of cognitive functioning of the individual pa- tient.