Psychiatry
Outpatient Programs
Our adult outpatient programs have been meeting the challenge
of providing outpatient care in a difficult managed care environment,
and have show steady growth to over 50,000 visits per year. Outpatient
Mental Health services are in short supply in our region and we
continue to grow to accommodate requests for service.
The Rhode Island Methods to Improve
Diagnostic Assessment and Services (MIDAS) project has
uniquely and successfully integrated a multi-faceted research
program into clinical practice to the benefit of patient care.
The MIDAS project includes a comprehensive evaluation conducted
by specially trained diagnostic interviewers. This comprehensive
interview allows patients sufficient time to completely relate
their history, and this has been found to improve the detection
of clinically important comorbid disorders. From the onset the
scientist-practitioner model was embraced as facilitating the
delivery of high quality clinical care while collecting publishable,
clinically relevant, scientific data. During the past eight years,
the MIDAS Project has received five grants from the National Institutes
of Health that have provided a continuous source of funding, and
more than 50 papers have been accepted for publication in scientific
journals.
Imbedded within the outpatient division are several specialty
programs.
- The Gambling Treatment Program
is currently the only program in the state receiving state funding
for the treatment of problem gamblers.
- The Bariatric Surgery Program conducts pre-surgical
evaluations to determine appropriateness for bariatric surgery,
pre-surgical counseling to help individuals prepare for surgery,
and post-surgical counseling to help individuals cope with life
changes following the procedure.
- The Sleep and Anxiety Disorders Program specializes
in the evaluation and treatment of individuals with these problems.
Contact us
Adults:
Rhode Island Hospital, 401-444-7442
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