NEW: Bradley + Hasbro Hospitals Announce New Med/Psych Facility

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

GoLocalProv Health Team

To treat children diagnosed with both a medical and psychiatric illness, Bradley Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital have launched a new unit designed specifically to manage both conditions. The new Medical Psychiatric In-patient Program, the first of its kind in the region, will be located in Hasbro Children’s Hospital and is for children and adolescents from 6 to 18 years old.

The program brings together Bradley Hospital’s expertise as the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children with the cutting-edge pediatrics care provided by Hasbro Children’s Hospital, one of the region’s most robust medical facilities.

Reaching the needs of children

“Many children who have a known chronic illness, as well as a psychiatric issue, are in and out of the hospital constantly because it’s difficult to provide care that encompasses all of their needs,” said Henry Sachs, M.D., chief medical officer at Bradley Hospital. “These are kids who cannot fully ‘get better’ until we give them all of the treatment they need at once – to put the whole health of the child in focus and end the cycle.”

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The Medical/Psychiatric Program is expressly designed for children and adolescents with both acute mental health and medical conditions who require hospitalization, such as the nearly 20 percent of adolescents with diabetes who have also been diagnosed with depression.

“Experience has shown us that children with anxiety or depression are inhibited in their ability to heal from medical conditions,” said Robert Klein, M.D., Hasbro Children’s Hospital pediatrician-in-chief. “For the first time, Bradley Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital have combined the expertise of both hospitals to give these children the environment of care they truly need.”

New facility at Hasbro Children's Hospital

Patients are treated in a newly renovated, secure eight-bed unit located on the 6th floor of Hasbro Children’s Hospital. The safe, comfortable environment offers both private and semi-private rooms and areas for family, group and milieu therapy.

The program and its philosophy mirror that of the Hasbro Children’s Partial Hospital Program, which provides intensive care for children and adolescents with both mental health and medical conditions in a day program setting. This new program will serve similar patients with diagnoses including gastrointestinal illnesses, eating disorders, diabetes, asthma, seizures, pain syndromes and somatoform disorders, but who require in-patient care.

The program is staffed by a multidisciplinary team that includes child psychiatrists, psychologists, advanced practice psychiatric nurse, social workers, pediatric nurses knowledgeable in child psychiatric and pediatric care, mental health workers, pediatricians and pediatric specialists as needed.

For more information on this program, visit www.hasbrochildrenshospital.org/med-psych , or contact the Hasbro Children’s Partial Hospitalization Program at 401-444-8638, where clinicians can assess and triage each case for appropriate level and location of care.

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