Bradley Hospital

East Providence, Rhode Island

1011 Veterans Memorial Parkway
East Providence, RI 02915

(401) 432-1000

About Bradley Hospital

Bradley Hospital is a mental health and behavioral health center in East Providence, Rhode Island. It’s actually the first psychiatric hospital exclusively for kids in the US. But along with their inpatient care for children they also have outpatient care for mental health, including co-occurring addiction and mental health issues.

This facility takes a comprehensive approach to treatment and recovery. Because they serve kids and teens they make sure parents are always involved in care. They’ll give you specialized guidance on how to navigate your teen’s treatment. At the same time, they’ll also help you and your family heal from the impacts of your child’s addiction and mental illness.

Dollar icon Payment Options

  • shield-cross iconPrivate Insurance
  • self-pay iconSelf-pay options
  • financial-aid iconFinancial aid
  • sliding-scale-payment iconSliding scale payment assistance
  • medicare iconMedicare
  • medicaid iconMedicaid
  • medicare iconMedicare

Medical briefcase icon Levels of Care

outpatient iconOutpatient

Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.

inpatient iconInpatient

Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.

intensive-outpatient iconIntensive Outpatient

Intensive outpatient programs (IOP) support clients' long-term sobriety and their successful reintegration into the community through high-level services that evolve with clients' changing needs. The intensity and frequency of treatment decrease as clients stabilize, but most IOP programs involve between nine and 20 hours of treatment weekly. Intensive outpatient rehabs specialize in an array of services, including psychotherapy, medication assisted treatment (MAT), addiction and recovery education, and holistic care, such as massage and biofeedback.

heart-hands iconIntervention Services

A drug intervention in Rhode Island can provide the support and encouragement an individual needs to take a first step toward recovery. This planned meeting is facilitated by an interventionist and includes the individual and their loved ones. The goal is to encourage the individual to get the help they need. The interventionist offers intervention services that include planning, guidance, and treatment recommendations.

partial-hospitalization iconPartial Hospitalization Program

A partial hospitalization program (PHP) offers intensive rehab without the need for 24-hour care. Whether it's an alternative to inpatient hospitalization or a step-down option post-hospital or residential care, PHP treatment often includes relapse prevention strategies, medication management, and other behavioral therapy interventions. PHP treatment typically requires daily sessions for 4-8 hours, 5 days a week. Depending on your progress, the length of PHP treatment can vary, averaging 90 days. The cost of PHP treatment varies but is often fully or partially covered by providers.

24-hour icon24-Hour Clinical Care

The best course of treatment to achieve recovery starts with 24-hour clinical care in Rhode Island. Here, you can undergo medically managed detox, where medical staff can monitor your health and progress. You'll receive constant supervision and medication treatment to ensure withdrawal symptoms do not become severe or pose health risks. Once stabilized, you'll move from the clinical setting to less intensive treatment for ongoing recovery.

medically-assisted-detox iconMedically Assisted Detox

In medically assisted detox, a team of medical professionals will be on hand 24/7 as your body is detoxing from addictive substances. As a result, you may experience physical and psychological side effects, such as mood swings, anxiety, nausea, or flu-like symptoms to help alleviate potential withdrawal symptoms, and keep you as safe and comfortable throughout this process.

User icon Programs

Teen Program

adult-program iconAdult Program

men iconProgram For Men

women iconProgram For Women

young-adult iconYoung Adult Program

Child Program

Seniors Program

hearing iconHearing Impaired Program

hiv iconHIV/AIDS Program

lgbtq iconLGBTQ Program

stroller iconPostpartum Program

House check icon Settings & Amenities

  • home-setting iconResidential Setting
  • private-room iconPrivate Rooms

Heart icon Treatment

mental-health iconMental Health

Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.

Hand holding medical sign icon Clinical Services

inpatient-file iconCognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

couples-therapy iconCouples Therapy

Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.

dialectical iconDialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.

medical-detox iconExperiential Therapy

Experiential therapy is a form of therapy in which clients are encouraged to surface and work through subconscious issues by engaging in real-time experiences. Experiential therapy departs from traditional talk therapy by involving the body, and having clients engage in activities, movements, and physical and emotional expression. This can involve role-play or using props (which can include other people). Experiential therapy can help people process trauma, memories, and emotion quickly, deeply, and in a lasting fashion, leading to substantial and impactful healing.

family iconFamily Therapy

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

intervention iconGroup Therapy

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

mental-health iconIndividual Therapy

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

Nutrition Therapy

Nutrition therapy, aka medical nutrition therapy (MNT), is a way of treating physical, emotional, and medical conditions through diet. Specific dietary plans are designed by professional nutritionists or registered dietitians, and patients follow them in order to positively affect their physical and mental health.

house-medical iconTrauma Therapy

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.

Check icon Accreditations

SAMHSA

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Established in 1992 by congress, SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on American's communities.

SAMHSA Listed: Yes

Joint Commission

The Joint Commission, formerly known as JCAHO, is a nonprofit organization that accredits rehab organizations and programs. Founded in 1951, the Joint Commision's mission is to improve the quality of patient care and demonstrating the quality of patient care.

Joint Commission Accreditation: Yes

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1011 Veterans Memorial Parkway
East Providence, RI 02915

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Fact checked and written by:
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Reviews

2.39 (106 reviews)
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Horrible place. This place hurt me instead of helping the staff is rude with all the pacients.

Reviewed on 3/15/2019
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2.4 (105 reviews)
poopy butt
2 months ago
1

in the 10 days i was there i lost so much weight due to stress and not being told when meals are that i weighed less than i did when i was anorexic. horrifically neglectful. nobody would tell me what was going on i would scream at the top of my lungs begging for someone to help me for hours and hours for days and nobody ever did. when i was sobbing begging for help one of the especially rude nurses just opened the door, asked me to show her my arm (i wasn t even admitted for self injury) then when i did she just shut the door and walked away. i never talked about why i was there or my feelings at ALL except ONCE two days before i got out. how is locking patients in a room with nothing to do with no one to talk to about why there there supposed to help? i sobbed in the main room crouched on the floor in front of everyone begging for help and nobody helped me i was only threatened. insanely rude staff that constantly forgets about patients then blames you if you complain. THERE IS NOT A SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM. nothing therapeutic happened the entire time i was there and i feel like i m a different person now in a bad way. i could never fall asleep at night because the nurses would be gossiping in the hallway. they were starving me so bad i almost fainted basically every time i took a shower and they never did anything to help me, they said they were gonna get the nurse but the nurse never came. there were a few good staff but the rest are power hungry or rude. i was so confused the whole time i was there i didn t know what anything was they just expect you to know the schedule without ever being told it. the quiet room is evil. i wouldn t recommend this hospital to anybody everpretty good strawberry shortcake though

emily twohig
2 months ago
1

such a terrible place omg! literally none of them care about you at all. i would basically lie the entire time to get out. even staff told me the only way to get out is if you play the game and do what they say. my psychiatrist literally talked to me for like 5 minutes and then would give me medication to try. not to mention the straight up abuse. most of the staff members were 20 year olds who were power hungry and wanted to make kids miserable. if you so much as talked back to them they would yell at you. they would start fights with you and then when you defend yourself they d punish you. sometimes talking back could get you on pause where they basically take away your clothing and make you wear scrubs and make you sit in your room all day. keep in mind the rooms had nothing in them and there was barley any activities besides a few coloring pages. literally restrain kids and lock them away in a quiet room. i was more suicidal inside that hospital then i ever was outside of it. i fully believe going there changed me as a person. i act a lot different now then before because of that place. i constantly felt belittled and my voice wasn t heard at all ever. they need to get rid of this place it s literally hell on earth

Jeniffer Maria Lajara Nu�ez
3 months ago
1

If I could give it -5 stars I would give it. They are letting my brother die and they don't want to let him leave, much less change him to another hospital and I am making it public because my brother is going to die there and they don't want to do anything and I hold the hospital responsible for it. What happens to him because he is very skinny and he has lost a lot of weight and all the treatments they have given him are not helping him and what they do is sedate him and make him violent, what they are playing with is his life.If I could give it -5 stars I would give it. They are letting my brother die and they don't want to let him leave, much less change him to another hospital and I am making it public because my brother is going to die there and they don't want to do anything and I hold the hospital responsible for it. What happens to him because he is very skinny and has lost a lot of weight and all the treatments they have given him are not helping him and what they do is sedate him and make him violent, what they are playing with is his life.

Response from the owner3 months ago
Hello Ms. Nunez, our Bradley Hospital Family Liaison would be very happy to help address your concerns regarding your brother. Please reach out to our Family Liaison Program at 401-432-1205.
Elaine Fantozzi
3 months ago
1

My child was admitted here in the late 1970 s. I thought I was doing the right thing to help her. It was a most horrible experience for my daughter and our family.So why with all these horrible reviews is this hospital still in business hurting children and family s?Our experiences were with staff and Dr. Staughton.So 40 years later, my sad report is that my daughter is no longer with me due to suicide.Michelle had many problems that were made worse, in my opinion, by this horrible Coo coo s nest of a facility.I m so saddened by the reviews of family s who have not been helped here at Bradley hospital. Again, why is this facility still in operation?????

yes
3 months ago
1

it wasn t a place i wanted to be they strap kids down for no reason they don t listen to you advocating for yourself they assume the worst of you and they try to push drugs on you

Megan Tan
6 months ago
1

If i can give a 0 in this review i willThe worst experience ever/ waste of timeAll the want to for your kids is drug them makes them like a zombie- they play around with increasing medication. You have always have to be on fight mode with them.Clinician don t listen , all they answer i understand, ok, lets talk about it later not resolving the issuesDischarging patients without a full plan in place- have to fight for that too. Had to get director dr Jeffry hunt and chris brown family laison to be involved. This place is a jokeThey are supposed to be this great place for kids to get help. Dont see it - all this clinician need retraining . If you ever send your children to the program, make sure you do your research types of medicine that can have severe interactions and be on top of your game

kydus
7 months ago
5

Response from the owner7 months ago
Hi kydus, thanks for the five stars! If you have a chance, we'd love to hear more about your experience.
Tanya Ortiz
7 months ago
5

*** I Want to edit this review***After speaking with the patient advocates office and also talking with the treatment team who is dr. lane, social worker Molly burns and Chris who is the advocate, things got taken care of and also my concerns and worry's were addressed and I was listened to and shown professionalism and kindness, and most importantly doctor lane and Molly went above and beyond to help get my son stabilized and better and he is back home thriving and doing well!!! So although we had a bad experience in the beginning I wanted to be sure that it was stated that Bradley is still a great place with great employees that care and show professionalism and kindness, thank you for the bottom of my heart to Doctor lane, Molly burns and Chris and everyone else that worked tirelessly toHelp stabilize my son and get him back on track and back home we will be forever grateful for the time and hard work you all did to help us during a scary time in our livesthis review went from 0 stars to 5 stars thanks to Doctor Lane, Molly, and Chris and the others that went above and beyond to help and support not only my son but our entire family and kept us constantly updated and involved and made us feel like we mattered*****Unless you want to be treated like worthless garbage and have to worry about your child being abused and treated like an animal please don t send your child here!! I am experiencing a parents worst nightmare right now with my son being there

Response from the owner7 months ago
Hi Tanya, we're sorry to hear about your experience at Bradley Hospital. Please give our Patient Representatives a call at 401-432-1205 to discuss your concerns.
Megan Lawrence
8 months ago
1

My son recently had a short inpatient stay at this hospital after concerns of self injurious behavior, and aggression to try to get a handle on him and prevent behaviors escalating and also to assist with medication management. I can speak to some of the nursing staff being very polite and nice during phone calls, we were restricted to my sons room during visits, so I was not able to see how the staff interacted with him. Upon discharge, my son came home with unexplained bruises and broken skin. I should mention he s nine years old with autism and difficulty communicating. Since his release, I noticed an immediate increase in behaviors, behaviors he had not exhibited before entering this hospital and a complete lack of impulse control. In trying to get explanations, even innocent explanations, all I was able to find out, was that the injuries photographed by my sons other parent at discharge are not documented by the hospital, although they claim to do full body checks. In trying to get explanations for these injuries and new troubling behaviors/language we are now being completely ignored. I wanted to wait to write a review until I heard from the hospital, but after receiving a package yesterday with a few of my son s belongings we had left there, It occurred to me that while that hospital is still up and running, the families concerns and questions are apparently not nearly as important as returning sweatpants. I d like to make mention of the physician who medicated my son. We had virtual appointments being over an hour away from the hospital, and upon the first meeting of this man, I was asked a series of questions about what will happen at discharge, something I ve come to find they apparently really don t care about. I answered, candidly, in the aftermath of a divorce, there was much uncertainty, but I was honest. The physician asked me where my son would be discharged while with me, I answered honestly that I was not sure yet. He went on to ask me, with other people present in this virtual meeting I mind you if there was a possibility I could be homeless. This was something I had not considered and certainly couldn t rule out since I did not yet have an answer as to where we were going, so I broke down in tears, and said yes, that is a possibility. He then went on in front of these people to suggest my son may not be discharged back to me. The trauma of having to make the decision to put your trust in professionals with full-time care of your son, is more than many people could understand. Going through that trauma, and then having a physician you ve just met and trusted with your son question you and make you feel that inadequate after desperately reaching out for help, was another trauma in itself. I left that meeting in tears. Something I had never experienced during my sons previous stays at the Hospital for Special Care in New Britain, Connecticut, where I felt I was treated with dignity and respect, and where I could count on explanations for my son. Having a child with an intellectual disability and behavior challenges, I am aware that innocent explanations are there. Self injury happens, restraint causes injuries, but they should be well documented in a hospital that supposedly specializes in these things where professionals are involved. And then to completely ignore parents desperately seeking explanations for horrifying behaviors/habits that they never experienced before entering.. very disappointing. I hope this hospital follows up about my child who is the one affected most by his stay there, but I would advise/warn families to consider other options before this hospital not just for concerns of injury and new habits but because bad medication choices by the physician there have set my son back so obviously that the school has documented it started since his release. There was zero behavior improvement and the safety plan we were supposed to get consisted of me answering questions of what I did prior to his hospitalization. Sending him to this hospital is by far my biggest regret as a mother.

Ryhlic Maggs
10 months ago
2

When i was 10 or 11 years old. .i woke up first morning, they said pills. . I said im not perscribed any pills, what are they. . 8am, was Restrained sat cross leggeged with my arms held painfuly behind my back for 4 hours. Then left in a padded room. Until a black man noticed me at 12 at night. . No food. No bucket to pee in. . The black man i could tell was not thrilled about what happened to me. I was givin a pb and J sandwich and sent to bed. . I became a Perticulary, Violent, Angry person b4 i left 5 weeks latter. Thats all im willing to say. But. I just rembered. . . Hey cubby guy dressed like a gym teacher. . . Im coming now. . And your nit ginna like it

Collie Carter
11 months ago
1

Response from the owner11 months ago
Hi Collie, we're sorry to hear about your experience at Bradley Hospital. Please give our Patient Representatives a call at 401-432-1205 to discuss your concerns.
Adriana Sayes
1 year ago
1

i was a patient there a while ago, the experience was absolutely traumatic, i made some friends yes but the staff would inject you if you just tried to harm yourself and would put you in a small white room, it was absolutely horrible just simply looking at the hospital makes me have an anxiety attack, it didn t help me whatsoever and only gave me more trauma to carry on.

Response from the owner1 year ago
Hi Adriana, we're sorry to hear about your experience at Bradley Hospital. Please give our Patient Representatives a call at 401-432-1205 to discuss your concerns.
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