RI violates civil rights of children with behavioral health disabilities. “An utter void in crisis services”

State fails to provide adequate services for children.

United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha District of Rhode Island held a press conference yesterday to announce that the state of Rhode Island – and DCYF, specifically – has violated federal civil rights laws by “routinely and unnecessarily segregating children with mental health and/or developmental disabilities”. The violations note the placement of children at Bradley…

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Bradley Hospital enrolling teens with OCD for brain stimulation research study

A woman sitting in a chair with a machine on her head.

Study will examine whether brain stimulation improves brain activity in OCD The Pediatric Anxiety Research Center (PARC) at Bradley Hospital has begun enrolling teens for a study focused on the use of a non-invasive type of brain stimulation called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to improve brain activity in teens with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).  Two to three percent of…

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Bradley Hospital Virtual Conference open to public – Suicide Prevention & Response 

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Photo: Bradley Hospital The Bradley Conference Fall 2021 series is grant-supported by the Rhode Island Department of Health Violence and Injury Prevention Program and focuses on Suicide Prevention and Response. Suicide: Prevention, Screening and Response Training for the General Public Every 11 minutes, someone in the United States dies by suicide. Suicide is a preventable public…

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