Tag: Kathryn Power
Executive Office of Health & Human Services Secretary Jones stepping down
PROVIDENCE - Gov. Daniel J. McKee said on Monday that R.I. Executive Office of Health & Human Services Secretary Womazetta Jones will be stepping...
BHDDH website tracks mental health providers, open beds
PROVIDENCE – A new website is helping Rhode Islanders in need of inpatient mental health or substance use treatment search for help that is...
New survey shows Rhode Islanders recognize gravity of mental health, substance...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Islanders on the whole take mental health issues seriously, a new survey indicates.
The survey, paid for by the R.I. Department of...
Questions raised over plans to restructure Eleanor Slater Hospital
The complicated finances and history of the state-run Eleanor Slater Hospital may take another turn.
The network of four satellite hospital buildings, which care for...
Five Questions With: Kathryn Power
Kathryn Power is the director of the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals. She discusses rising COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island...
Fatal overdoses in Rhode Island projected to hit record high this...
PROVIDENCE – Over the first seven months of 2020, there has been a sharp increase in accidental drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island, according...
Accidental overdose deaths rise in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Accidental overdose deaths have risen by roughly 22% year over year in the first quarter, according to provisional data released by the...
R.I. leads nation in percentage of suicide hotline calls answered in-state
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s response rate for answering calls to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline hit 99% during the first quarter of 2020, a...
BHDDH names Jennifer White interim CEO at Eleanor Slater Hospital
CRANSTON – The newly appointed interim CEO of Eleanor Slater Hospital is taking on the role as the R.I. Department of Behavioral Health, Hospitals...
RIDOH, BHDDH partner on new Buprenorphine Hotline
CRANSTON – Launched this month, a new state hotline is helping people with opioid addiction, or who are suffering from opioid withdrawal, find help...
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