Rhode Island KIDS COUNT released its latest Issue Brief entitled,

Children’s Behavioral Health:
Psychiatric Hospitalizations and the Continuum of Care

at a policy roundtable with state agency and hospital leaders, mental health professionals, policymakers, parent and family advocates, and community leaders. The event was held on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at Bradley Hospital.The Issue Brief provides an overview of the continuum of behavioral health services needed to ensure that all children have access to a broad array of effective, evidence-based treatment services and supports at home, at school and in the community.