In the News

Julia Steiny board member of The Mental Health Association of Rhode Island wrote an article for the November issue of the Providence Journal.

How to Find Mental Health Care When Money Is Tight
IMAGINE this situation. You fall into a deep malaise. Friends say you need help, but you don’t have insurance (or the insurance you do have has very limited mental health benefits), and you worry that extra bills will only add to your malaise. So you do nothing.

Children’s Behavioral Health: Psychiatric Hospitalizations and the Continuum of Care(PDF)
One in five children ages nine to 17 in Rhode Island and in the United States has a diagnosable mental health disorder, and one in ten has a mental health problem that is severe enough to substantially interfere with their functioning at home, in school, or in the community...

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