Butler Hospital
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Butler Hospital is a private, non-profit, psychiatric and substance abuse hospital
for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors, located in Providence, Rhode Island
. The hospital is affiliated with the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
, and is the flagship for Brown University's renowned department of psychiatry. Butler Hospital was a founding member (along with Women & Infants Hospital
and Kent Hospital
) of the Care New England Health System in 1996.
The facility was founded in 1844 as Rhode Island's first exclusively mental health hospital. Industrialist Cyrus Butler donated heavily to the hospital, and it was named in his honor. Local Yankee philanthropist Nicholas Brown, Jr.
also bequeathed a large amount of money to construct a mental health hospital which was used to fund the early hospital.
In 1996, Butler Hospital joined with Women & Infants Hospital
and Kent Hospital
to create the Care New England Health System in order to continually improve the health and well-being of the people in the communities they serve.
As an internationally recognized research center, Butler participates in many research initiatives including studies in major depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, Alzheimer's disease and other memory disorders, depression and anxiety in dementia caregivers, substance abuse and family violence, smoking cessation, and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease.
Butler Hospital employs approximately 950 full-time and part-time, clinical and non-clinical staff, in addition to more than 50 volunteers who assist in nearly all areas of the hospital.
Patricia Ryan Recupero, JD, MD is the President and Chief Executive Officer, and the Chairman of the Board is Charles R. Reppucci.
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors, located in Providence, Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...
. The hospital is affiliated with the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, and is the flagship for Brown University's renowned department of psychiatry. Butler Hospital was a founding member (along with Women & Infants Hospital
Women & Infants Hospital
Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island is a women and infants' hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. It is the primary teaching hospital in obstetrics, gynecology, and newborn pediatrics for in Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University...
and Kent Hospital
Kent Hospital
Kent Hospital is located in Warwick, Rhode Island. It was a founding member of the Care New England Health System in 1996, along with Women & Infants Hospital and Butler Hospital.-History:...
) of the Care New England Health System in 1996.
History
Nicholas Brown, Jr.
Nicholas Brown, Jr. , was a Providence, Rhode Island businessman and philanthropist who was the namesake of Brown University.-Biography:...
also bequeathed a large amount of money to construct a mental health hospital which was used to fund the early hospital.
In 1996, Butler Hospital joined with Women & Infants Hospital
Women & Infants Hospital
Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island is a women and infants' hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. It is the primary teaching hospital in obstetrics, gynecology, and newborn pediatrics for in Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University...
and Kent Hospital
Kent Hospital
Kent Hospital is located in Warwick, Rhode Island. It was a founding member of the Care New England Health System in 1996, along with Women & Infants Hospital and Butler Hospital.-History:...
to create the Care New England Health System in order to continually improve the health and well-being of the people in the communities they serve.
Current operations
Butler Hospital is southeastern New England's only child, adolescent, and adult adult and senior psychiatric treatment center, providing assessments and treatment for all major psychiatric illnesses and substance abuse. There are eight treatment units in the hospital's inpatient program.As an internationally recognized research center, Butler participates in many research initiatives including studies in major depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, Alzheimer's disease and other memory disorders, depression and anxiety in dementia caregivers, substance abuse and family violence, smoking cessation, and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease.
Butler Hospital employs approximately 950 full-time and part-time, clinical and non-clinical staff, in addition to more than 50 volunteers who assist in nearly all areas of the hospital.
Patricia Ryan Recupero, JD, MD is the President and Chief Executive Officer, and the Chairman of the Board is Charles R. Reppucci.
Recognition
- Named one of the nation's 30 best psychiatric hospitals by a 2004 U.S. News and World Report
Trivia
- Dorothea DixDorothea DixDorothea Lynde Dix was an American activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first generation of American mental asylums...
visited the hospital. - Butler Hospital's Gothic Revival building, located at 345 Blackstone Boulevard, was constructed in the nineteenth century and added to the National Historic Register in 1976.
See also
- List of hospitals in Rhode Island
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island