September 13, 2022
4:57 pm
Dr. Danielle DeSantis is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. She earned her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. She completed her undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Rhode Island, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude, and received special certification in Grief Counseling.
In her practice, located in Cranston, RI, she uses a variety of treatment modalities, including: individual, couple, group, or family therapy, depending on individual needs. She has considerable experience working with psychiatric and behavioral problems, such as anxiety disorders, mood disorders, depression, trauma-related disorders, and more.
She works with individuals in various stages of their lives (including ages 3+). A majority of her clinical work is focused on careful assessment and meeting individual needs using empirically supported treatments for a wide range of presenting problems.
Click HERE for more information.
February 16, 2022
4:48 pm
While transition into adulthood is an exciting stage of your life, it can also be one of many unique challenges for you and your family, and this may be particularly difficult if you have behavioral health challenges. Challenges can include moving from a system overseen by DCYF or the schools to one overseen by BHDDH; moving from pediatric to adult providers; moving from one insurance coverage to another; moving from home to college; and going from being a student to joining the workforce.
Some people who have helped you manage your behavioral health challenges in the past may no longer be available. You may have to switch healthcare providers and obtain new insurance. We encourage you to turn to your parents, guardians, or other trusted adults for advice and consider their input as you make important life decisions.
Luckily, there are lots of resources to help you during transition. This Guidebook provides a roadmap for your transition, helping you locate and use available resources that will enable you to become a successful adult.
For more information, visit: BHDDH Behavioral Health Guide
October 8, 2021
1:01 pm
PSNRI’s is a growing group of family members, youth, and adults who are working together to promote awareness for the safety, health, well-being, and recovery of individuals of all ages who are risk or who have behavioral health challenges.
Their Child and Family Program works with parents and family caregivers who have children and youth at risk or who have serious emotional, behavioral, and mental health needs. We are the Rhode Island Chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America and the National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health. They are statewide family network funded by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and are contracted by the RI Department of Education (RIDE) and RI Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF) .
To learn more about their Child & Family Support services, click HERE.
October 8, 2021
12:17 pm
BH Link is a behavioral health facility designed to provide immediate assistance to a person in crisis by providing innovative crisis intervention services, and connecting people to ongoing treatment and care. Services are provided by a professional team of registered nurses, counselors, psychiatrists, phone screeners, and peer specialists. Clinicians will listen to clients’ concerns and take the necessary steps to get people through their crisis and help make connections to longer-term services if needed.
Primary components:
- BH Link Hotline, (414-LINK; 414-5465): a one-stop, statewide 24/7 call-in center that connects people to appropriate care and resources, when they or someone they care about is experiencing a behavioral healthcare crisis
- BH Link Triage Center: a 24/7 community-based walk-in/drop-off facility where clinicians connect people to immediate, stabilizing emergency behavioral health services, and long-term care and recovery supports
For more information, click HERE.
October 8, 2021
11:29 am
NAMI Rhode Island, Rhode Island’s chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is there to help. NAMI RI meets individuals where they are and helps them connect with others who understand because they’ve been down a similar path themselves. Mental illnesses are brain disorders that are biologically based medical problems. Untreated, they can cause severe disturbances in thinking, feeling and relating. This results in substantially diminished capacity for dealing with the ordinary demands of life.
Mental illness can affect persons of any age and occur in any family. They are not caused by bad parenting and not evidence of weakness of character. NAMI offers understanding to anyone concerned about mental illnesses and the treatment of mental illness.
For more information, click HERE.
May 12, 2020
11:28 am
For more information, click HERE.
December 11, 2019
4:55 pm
Kids’ Link RI™ is a hotline for children in emotional crisis. A program offered in collaboration with Gateway Healthcare, Lifespan, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, and Bradley Hospital, Kids’ Link RI is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for children suffering from behavioral problems or psychiatric illness.
For more information, click HERE – Kids’ Link RI
April 18, 2018
11:21 am
This new resource assists transitioning from the youth behavioral healthcare system into the adult system.
For more information, please visit: BHDDH – Behavioral Health Guide
April 5, 2018
10:10 am
What’s really going on when a child throws a tantrum at a store or cries incessantly before bedtime? Most likely, the child is trying to express something that he or she can’t say in words. In the first case, it might mean the child wants a candy bar or toy. In the second, it might mean the child is afraid of the dark. For young children, behavior is communication that’s used to meet needs. It’s how they let you know they either
want something or want to avoid something.
Here are some questions you can consider asking about your child’s challenging behaviors. For more information, click HERE.
