Bradley Hospital
A pioneer in mental health care for children
Welcome to Bradley Hospital
Founded in 1931, Bradley Hospital was the nation’s first psychiatric hospital exclusively for children. Today it provides expert, family-focused care to children and adolescents with psychological, developmental, and behavioral problems, through a wide range of inpatient, outpatient, residential, and partial hospital programs.
A teaching hospital for The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Bradley Hospital is a national center for research in child and adolescent psychiatry.
Getting Here
Bradley Hospital
1011 Veterans Memorial Parkway
Riverside, RI 02915
United States401-432-1000
Featured Centers + Services
Bradley Hospital offers many specialized programs, with noted expertise in autism spectrum disorders, anxiety disorders, and many other areas of mental health.
The Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities
The Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities offers unique, highly specialized clinical services for children and adolescents who show signs of serious emotional and behavioral problems in addition to a developmental disability, such as autism, Asperger's or intellectual disability.
The Pediatric Anxiety Research Center
The Pediatric Anxiety Research Center’s leading mental health professionals, researchers and educators offer services designed to bring about vital improvements in the lives of children with obsessive compulsive disorder or other forms of anxiety.
Partial Hospital Programs
Bradley Hospital’s day and afternoon partial programs offer practical alternatives to hospitalization and traditional outpatient services for kids with serious emotional, behavioral or relationship issues.
Bradley Learning Exchange
The Bradley Learning Exchange provides a variety of learning opportunities to enhance the skills, and knowledge of individuals who work in the diverse fields of human services.
Bradley Hospital Events
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Mental Health and Behavioral HealthMar 4
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Bradley HospitalSummary The first step in effective suicide prevention is to identify someone in need of help. Asking three to six simple questions can help determine whether someone needs help and if immediate action is needed. In this training, participants learn to administer the Columbia Suicide Severity...
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Mental Health and Behavioral HealthMar 5
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Bradley HospitalMental Health First Aid for Adults is an eight-hour course spread across two days (March 5 and 6, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day) that teaches skills to help those who are developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind the program demonstrates that it...
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Mental Health and Behavioral HealthMar 6
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Bradley HospitalHeather Macpherson, PhD will present "Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Childhood Mood Disorders" on Friday, March 6, 2020 as a part of Bradley Hospital's educational series in contemporary social work practice . This event is offered as a professional development service of Bradley...
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Mental Health and Behavioral HealthMar 9
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Bradley HospitalThis Asperger/Autism Network of Rhode Island support group is for adults with Asperger's or autism and is facilitated by Arthur Mercurio, PhD. It meets monthly on second Monday of the month at the Bradley Hospital Main building. (If the Monday is a holiday, meetings are held on the following Monday...
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Mental Health and Behavioral HealthMar 9
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Bradley HospitalThis Asperger/Autism Network of Rhode Island offers a support group is for parents of adults with Asperger's or autism and is facilitated by Toby Liebowitz. It meets monthly on the second Monday of the month at the Bradley Hospital main building. (If the Monday is a holiday, meetings are held on...
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Medical Education, Mental Health and Behavioral HealthMar 19
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Bradley HospitalIn this training we will review the current national and local suicide statics and trends. We will then review the evidence based suicide assessment tool, Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale Lifetime recent Clinical Version (C-SSRS). Participants will have the opportunity to learn the C-SSRS at...
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Medical Education, Mental Health and Behavioral HealthMar 19
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Bradley HospitalThis presentation will provide an introduction to the variety of clinical presentations of eating disorders, related diagnostic updates, and appropriate assessments, as illustrated through case presentations. Topics will include emerging science in the eating disorders field, medical implications...
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Mental Health and Behavioral Health, Pediatric MedicineMar 21
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Bradley HospitalBradley Hospital, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children, presents its 30th Parenting Matters conference on Saturday, March 21, 2020. This half-day event offers parents, childcare providers, social workers and teachers a unique opportunity to learn from top child development and...
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Mental Health and Behavioral HealthMar 30
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Bradley HospitalYouth Mental Health First Aid is an eight-hour training course on Monday, March 30 designed to give members of the public key skills to help an adolescent who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The eight-hour course covers a range of common disorders and...
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Mental Health and Behavioral HealthApr 3
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Bradley HospitalJason Lyon, LICSW will present "The Use of Sports in the Mental Health Treatment of Children and Adolescents" on Friday, April 3, 2020 as a part of Bradley Hospital's educational series in contemporary social work practice . This event is offered as a professional development service of Bradley...
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Featured News
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Lifespan today reported a loss of $55 million from operations without investment income in fiscal year 2019, which ended September 30, 2019. With investment income, loss from operations was close to $23 million. These results led to a net loss of $35 million for fiscal year 2019. Lifespan’s 2019...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
25 tons of food donated during health system’s ‘Season of Giving’ activities
Thursday, June 28, 2018
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Pediatric, OutpatientA Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center study found that a health intervention program focused on emotion-regulation skills reduced sexual risk behaviors among young adolescents with suspected mental health symptoms. The findings of the study led by Christopher D. Houck, Ph.D., are presented in...
Friday, June 8, 2018
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Pediatric, LeadershipLarry Brown, M.D. Larry Brown, M.D. , has been appointed director of the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and academic director of Bradley Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital’s division of child and family psychiatry. “Dr. Brown...
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
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Workforce, In the Community, Awards & DesignationsFor the second time, Lifespan’s four hospitals achieved Top Performer status on the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), a national benchmark of hospitals’ policies and practices related to equitable and inclusive treatment of their LGBTQ patients, visitors and employees. The Human Rights Campaign...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Care New England and Partners HealthCare have approached Lifespan and will begin formal discussions to explore how all three health care providers might work together to strengthen patient care delivery in Rhode Island. The conversations were announced on Feb. 27. By combining the talent,...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
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Pediatric, InpatientBradley research is first to connect factors with long-term prognosis.
Monday, January 29, 2018
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Pediatric, OutpatientInnovative model expected to increase care access and improve outcomes
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
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Pediatric, Outpatient, Health & WellnessStudy examines effective form of talk therapy to learn what makes it successful in practice
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
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Fundraising, EventsOn Friday, June 9, Bradley Hospital rolled out the red carpet, welcoming more than 250 friends and supporters to Rhodes on the Pawtuxet for its 2017 Bravo Bradley gala, Putting on the Glitz . Chaired by Dede and Larry Madeira, the signature event for New England’s only psychiatric hospital devoted...
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Nicole Nugent, Ph.D., a pediatric psychologist from the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center , is leading a new study to better understand the social and biological factors that may promote resilience in teens after a traumatic event. The $3.3-million, 5-year National Institutes of Mental...
Monday, September 19, 2016
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Fundraising, EventsFrom left: milieu therapist Kyri Barilone and patient Katlyn Hashway More than 150 patients and their families who have benefited from Bradley Hospital’s Intensive Program for OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) program gathered to share and learn as part of a reunion event at Bradley Hospital. “To...