Tag: Mental Health
Employers need to focus on easing tension
After nearly 18 months of facing the COVID-19 pandemic head-on, the global population is weary and fatigued. However, as businesses and individuals come up...
Five Questions With: Dr. Henry Sachs
Bradley Hospital President Dr. Henry Sachs has been an attending psychiatrist at the hospital, treating children with autism and developmental disabilities, for more than...
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...
Group treatment programs adapt to keep the dialogue going
Never again will Randi Beranbaum take for granted the simple act of weighing one of her patients.
“Blind” weigh-ins – in which someone steps on...
It’s time to take control where we can
We knew from the start that the COVID-19 pandemic was going to do more than make people sick. Just days after our country’s first...
BankNewport donates $255,000 to 52 community organizations
NEWPORT – BankNewport recently donated a total of $255,000 to 52 community organizations that support basic needs, according to a news release.
The grants, intended...
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...
Whitehouse legislation would boost mental health services for veterans
PROVIDENCE – Named in part after a Johnston native and former U.S. Marine, new legislation introduced recently by U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., aims...
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...
Keep staff well-being in focus
Madalyn Ciampi | Providence Promise executive director
The COVID-19 crisis has impacted nearly every aspect of life, and the roles of many nonprofits have grown...