WHAT IS BH LINK?
BH Link is a behavioral health facility designed to provide immediate assistance to a person in crisis by providing innovative crisis intervention services, and connecting people to ongoing treatment and care. Services are provided by our professional team of registered nurses, counselors, psychiatrists, phone screeners, and peer specialists. Our clinicians will listen to clients’ concerns and take the necessary steps to get people through their crisis, and help make connections to longer term services if needed.
Primary components:
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: offers 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors who can help people experiencing suicidal, substance use, and/or mental health crisis, or any other kind of emotional distress. People can also dial 988 if they are worried about a loved one who may need crisis support.
BH Link Triage Center: a 24/7 community-based walk-in/drop-off facility where clinicians connect people to immediate, stabilizing emergency behavioral health services, and long-term care and recovery supports
WHY BH LINK
Provides immediate access to behavioral healthcare in a community-based, 24/7 facility
Ensures stability, provides seamless transfer to ongoing care, and reduces unnecessary use of hospital-based services
Delivers better, more cost-effective behavioral healthcare in Rhode Island