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 HealthFeb 5
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Bradley HospitalYouth Mental Health First Aid is an eight-hour training course 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 potential crises such...
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Mental Health and Behavioral HealthMar 19
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Bradley HospitalMental Health First Aid for Adults is an eight-hour course 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 builds mental health literacy by helping the public identify,...
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Mental Health and Behavioral HealthMay 14
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Bradley HospitalYouth Mental Health First Aid is an eight-hour training course 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 potential crises such...
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Mental Health and Behavioral HealthJun 14
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Bradley HospitalMental Health First Aid for Adults is an eight-hour course 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 builds mental health literacy by helping the public identify,...
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Mental Health and Behavioral HealthAug 13
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Bradley HospitalYouth Mental Health First Aid is an eight-hour training course 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 potential crises such...
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Mental Health and Behavioral HealthSep 10
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Bradley HospitalMental Health First Aid for Adults is an eight-hour course 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 builds mental health literacy by helping the public identify,...
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Mental Health and Behavioral HealthOct 8
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Bradley HospitalYouth Mental Health First Aid is an eight-hour training course 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 potential crises such...
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Mental Health and Behavioral HealthDec 3
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Bradley HospitalMental Health First Aid for Adults is an eight-hour course 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 builds mental health literacy by helping the public identify,...
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Featured News
Monday, December 14, 2020
Lifespan, Rhode Island’s largest health care system, today received approximately 3,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine as part of the state’s Phase 1 distribution plan. Recently the FDA granted an Emergency Use Authorization for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Lifespan will provide the vaccine to...
Monday, August 31, 2020
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Pediatric, Outpatient, Health & WellnessHasbro Children’s Hospital Specialty Practices has opened a new location in Lincoln that offers five types of care for children: Pulmonology, Cardiology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, and Endocrinology. The clinical space, located at 701 George Washington Highway in Lincoln, Suite 104, provides...
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Today, Lifespan leadership is issuing the following statement calling for zero tolerance of racial and social injustice: Our nation’s unrest came home to our capital city of Providence last night. So it is with a very heavy heart and profound sense of anger that we write today—on behalf of all of...
Monday, February 24, 2020
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Outpatient, Health & Wellness, Inpatient, Medical Education, LeadershipLifespan and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University have actively collaborated with Wuhan Union Hospital on research projects since 2016, with the goal of fostering research and cultural awareness. Leaders of Lifespan and the Warren Alpert Medical School have reached out to pledge...
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