by Hannah Meharg | Jul 5, 2022 | Provider Profiles
After retiring from a long and successful career as a healthcare executive, Richard Charest accepted the position of Director of the RI Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals (BHDDH) in June, 2021. In this interview, BHDDH...
by Hannah Meharg | Apr 12, 2022 | Provider Profiles
In this interview, Linda Mahoney (BHDDH) discusses the Imani Recovery Program in RI—a collaborative, culturally centered, and community-driven faith-based opioid recovery initiative. Could you start by telling us a bit about yourself and your role? My name is Linda...
by Hannah Meharg | Jul 30, 2021 | Provider Profiles
Too often, people do not recognize that problem gambling and gaming is an addiction disorder that, like other addictions, causes chemical brain changes in those affected. In Rhode Island, the rates of gambling and gaming addiction have increased due to a number of...
by Hannah Meharg | Jan 29, 2021 | Provider Profiles
Ann Marie Rakovic (uses pronouns she/her/hers) has over 25 years of leadership experience in community, state, and national program design, implementation, and evaluation. She has directed federal and state programs addressing the implementation of behavioral health...
by Hannah Meharg | Sep 3, 2020 | Provider Profiles
Dr. Maria Teresa Coutinho is a research staff psychologist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Department of Pediatrics at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University....
by Hannah Meharg | May 29, 2020 | Provider Profiles
In 2003, Kathryn Power left her position as Director of what was then called MHRH (now BHDDH) to work with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) at the federal level. After retiring from this position at SAMHSA, Director Power chose to...
