The Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals (BHDDH), in partnership with Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI), maintains this website to provide public information about bed availability for mental health and substance use disorder services. The goal of the RI Behavioral Health Open Beds (RI BHOB) system is to efficiently collect and distribute bed availability information, reducing patient delays in accessing appropriate emergency, crisis stabilization, inpatient, and recovery services.
Descriptions of the services included in this website are provided below:
| Bed Type | Bed Type Description |
|---|---|
| Monitored Detox (ASAM 3.7) | Inpatient detoxification services with intensive medical supervision, offering stabilization following withdrawal from alcohol, opioids, and other substances. |
| Inpatient Detox (ASAM 3.7/4.0) | Hospital-based medically managed or monitored intensive inpatient detoxification services for substance use disorder, providing 24-hour nursing care and daily physician availability. |
| Unit (BH – Children) | Inpatient psychiatric care for eligible younger populations (generally up to age 12). |
| Unit (BH – Intensive/Violent) | Inpatient psychiatric care for eligible adults who need a higher or more acute level of care than is offered in other units. |
| Unit (BH – Geri-Psych) | Inpatient psychiatric care for eligible older populations (generally ages 55 and older). |
| Unit (BH – General) | Inpatient psychiatric care for eligible adults (generally ages 18-65). |
| Unit (BH – Adolescent) | Inpatient psychiatric care for eligible adolescent populations (generally ages 13-17). |
| Unit (CADD) | Located at the Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities at Bradley Hospital. Mental health inpatient services for children and adolescents (ages 2-18) who show signs of serious emotional and behavioral problems in addition to a developmental disability, such as autism, Asperger's or intellectual disability. |
| Unit (Hasbro 6-Green) | Located at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in 6-Green. Inpatient care for adolescents (ages 12-17) with combined complex psychiatric and medical needs. |
| Unit (LTBHU) | In partnership with BHDDH, this program is located at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital. The Long-Term Behavioral Health Unit (LTBHU) provides long-term inpatient psychiatric care for patients whose needs have been unsuccessfully managed with intensive community treatment. Patients are accepted based on eligibility and admission criteria and through an application process. |
| Stabilization Unit | Adult (ages 18+) mental health crisis services providing hospital diversion or hospital step-down, typically for 3 to 7 days. |
| ED (BH – Waiting) | The number of people who have been evaluated and are waiting in the Emergency Department of that hospital for a behavioral health inpatient psychiatric treatment bed or substance use detox bed. |
| Residential Treatment | Residential treatment programs for substance use disorder provide active treatment 7 days a week in a residential setting. "Residential Treatment" alone indicates that the program is not gender-specific. "Residential Treatment (Women)" and "Residential Treatment (Men)" indicate gender-specific programs. |
| Residential Treatment (Maternal) | A long-term, residential substance abuse treatment program specifically designed for pregnant, postpartum and parenting women with children under 3 years of age. |
| Recovery Housing | Recovery residences offer an alcohol- and drug-free living environment for individuals recovering from substance use disorder. Recovery residences function as a supportive dwelling and do not provide rehabilitation, treatment, supervision, or dispensing or management of medications. A list of recovery residences is maintained by RICARES at https://www.ricares.org. |